amenable
adjective
ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable.
amenability
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a word derived from
amenable.
Example Sentences
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This is a moment of clarity, in which all of the women in the room witness together both the necessity of forgiveness and its irreducible complications, its transformative power alongside its dangerous amenability to injustice.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2023
It also says a lot about Oshie’s versatility and amenability.
From Washington Times ● May 18, 2021
Lauren Bauser, an assistant state appellate defender, noted the “evolving” standards in courts and legislatures regarding young offenders, ensuring that their prison sentences are proportionate to their culpability and their amenability to rehabilitation.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2021
Meck: We’re working on a checklist for folks, tools they can use with their partner, assuming there’s some amenability to that.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2019
Sweetwater took in the little memorandum book and pencil which hung at her side, and understood her position and extraordinary amenability to his wishes.
From The House of the Whispering Pines by Anna Katharine Green
