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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reasonableness \Rea"son*a*ble*ness\, n.
     Quality of being reasonable.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  reasonableness
       n 1: the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his
            rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely
            less on reason than on rousing their emotions" [syn: {rationality},
             {reason}]
       2: goodness of reason and judgment; "the judiciary is built on
          the reasonableness of judges"
       3: the property of being moderate in price; "the store is
          famous for the reasonableness of its prices" [syn: {moderateness},
           {modestness}]
       4: moderation in expectations; "without greater reasonableness
          by both parties we will never settle this matter!"
       5: the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable
          person; "he questioned the tenability of my claims" [syn:
          {tenability}, {tenableness}]

















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