fittingness

English

Etymology

fitting +‎ -ness

Noun

fittingness (usually uncountable, plural fittingnesses)

  1. The state or condition of being fitting; suitability.
    • 2007 March 14, “It’s Not Up to the Killer (1 Letter)”, in New York Times‎:
      He may neither judge the fittingness of society’s death sentence nor dictate our actions — even to express his remorse, however heartfelt.
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