bindingness

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noun

The state or quality of being binding.

OriginEnglish binding ← Middle English byndynge →
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Meanings

nounbindingness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being binding.

    The contract drafter can mask the bindingness of the contract and manipulate consumer behavior through design.

    2013, Larry A. DiMatteo, Qi Zhou, Severine Saintier, Commercial Contract Law: Transatlantic Perspectives, page 9
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    The philosophers of the first group, who believe that they have discovered the determining ground of moral bindingness in the drive for pleasure, quarrel with each other about the manner in which this ground is present in that drive[…]

    2006, Karl Ameriks, Reinhold: Letters on the Kantian Philosophy, page 164

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbyndynge
  2. Englishbinding
  3. Englishbindingness

From binding + -ness.

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APA

bindingness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bindingness

MLA

“bindingness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bindingness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bindingness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bindingness.

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