grievability

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noun

The quality of being, or extent to which someone or something is, grievable: able or worthy to be grieved.

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Meanings

noungrievability (countable and uncountable, plural grievabilities)

plural grievabilities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being, or extent to which someone or something is, grievable: able or worthy to be grieved.
  2. countableuncountableThe quality of being grievable: able to form a basis for a grievance.

    […] grievability-arbitrability cases; supervises the conduct of representation elections; and holds hearings as […]

    1976, United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and Related Agencies, Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1977: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session, page 256

Origin

From grievable + -ity or grieve + -ability.

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APA

grievability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grievability

MLA

“grievability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grievability. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grievability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grievability.

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