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Noun reasonableness has 5 senses

rationality, reason, reasonableness - 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"
--₁ is a kind of sanity, saneness
reasonableness - goodness of reason and judgment; "the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges"
--₂ is a kind of wisdom, wiseness, soundness
--₂ has particulars: sensibleness
reasonableness, moderateness, modestness - the property of being moderate in price; "the store is famous for the reasonableness of its prices"
--₃ is a kind of inexpensiveness
reasonableness - moderation in expectations; "without greater reasonableness by both parties we will never settle this matter!"
--₄ is a kind of moderation, moderateness
reasonableness, tenability, tenableness - the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person; "he questioned the tenability of my claims"
--₅ is a kind of plausibility, plausibleness