About The Word Amenable
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Amenable
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What's The Definition Of Amenable?
[adj] disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"; "the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak"- Matthew 26:41
[adj] responsible to a higher authority; "amenable to a small-scale form of enquiry"; "amenable data"; "is it to be contended that the heads of departments are not amenable to the laws?"- John Marshall Synonyms | Synonyms for Amenable: accountable | answerable | compliant | responsive | subject to(p) | testable | tractable | willing Related Terms | Find terms related to Amenable: accessible | accommodating | accountable | acquiescent | adaptable | adapting | adaptive | adjusting | advance | agreeable | alacritous | ameliorate | amend | answerable | ardent | better | biddable | chargeable | compliant | consenting | content | cooperative | dependent | disposed | docile | eager | elevate | emend | enthusiastic | fain | favorable | favorably disposed | favorably inclined | forward | game | help | humble | impressionable | in the mind | in the mood | inclined | influenceable | liable | lift | malleable | meek | meliorate | mend | minded | movable | obedient | open | open-minded | passive | persuadable | persuasible | pervious | plastic | pliable | pliant | predisposed | promote | prompt | prone | quick | raise | ready | ready and willing | receptive | reconciled | rectify | repair | resigned | responsible | responsible for | responsive | right | suasible | subdued | subject | submissive | subordinate | suggestible | susceptible | swayable | tame | to blame | tractable | uncomplaining | unresisting | weak | well-disposed | well-inclined | willed | willing | willinghearted | zealous See Also | Amenable In Webster's Dictionary \A*me"na*ble\, a. [F. amener to lead; ? (L. ad) = mener
to lead, fr. L. minare to drive animals (properly by
threatening cries), in LL. to lead; L. minari, to threaten,
minae threats. See {Menace}.]
1. (Old Law) Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her
husband. [Obs.] --Jacob.
2. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable;
responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.
Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to
the divine government. --I. Taylor.
3. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
4. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
Sterling . . . always was amenable enough to
counsel. --Carlyle.
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