[f. prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being acceptable, or agreeable to a receiver, entertainer, hearer, etc.
1611. Cotgr., Agreableté, Agreeablenesse, acceptablenesse.
1648. Eikon Basilike, 120. A greater Blessing & acceptableness attends those Duties which are rightly performed.
1865. Sat. Rev., 4 Nov., 573. Announcing his own acceptableness by repeating the churchwarden’s praises of his last Sunday’s homily.
1877. Mozley, Univ. Serm., ii. 29. Love … is what gives the character of acceptableness to all our actions.
