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validity
CIDE DICTIONARY
validity, n. [Cf. F. validité, L. validitas strength.].
- The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; the validity of an objection. [1913 Webster]
- Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title. [1913 Webster]
- Value. Shak. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
validity
actionability, admissibility, admissibleness, advantageousness, agreeableness, allowableness, amperage, applicability, armipotence, auspiciousness, authenticity, authoritativeness, authority, beef, beneficialness, benevolence, benignity, black power, brute force, calculability, charge, charisma, class, clout, cogence, cogency, compulsion, constitutional validity, constitutionalism, constitutionality, dependability, desert, dint, drive, due process, duress, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, efficacy, energy, excellence, expedience, fairness, faithworthiness, favorableness, fineness, firmness, first-rateness, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, full blast, full force, goodliness, goodness, grace, gravity, healthiness, helpfulness, influence, invincibility, jurisdiction, justice, justiciability, justifiableness, justness, kindness, lawfulness, legal form, legal process, legalism, legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, licitness, main force, main strength, mana, merit, might, might and main, mightiness, moxie, muscle power, niceness, permissibility, permissibleness, pizzazz, pleasantness, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, predictability, prepotency, productiveness, productivity, profitableness, puissance, pull, punch, push, quality, reliability, rewardingness, rightfulness, sanctionableness, scope, secureness, security, sinew, skillfulness, solidity, soundness, stability, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, steam, strength, strong arm, substantiality, superiority, superpower, trustworthiness, unerringness, usefulness, value, vehemence, vigor, vim, virility, virtue, virtuousness, virulence, vitality, warrantableness, wattage, weight, wholeness, worthROGET THESAURUS
validity
Power
N power, potency, potentiality, jiva, puissance, might, force, energy, dint, right hand, right arm, ascendency, sway, control, prepotency, prepollence, almightiness, omnipotence, authority, strength, ability, ableness, competency, efficacy, efficiency, productivity, expertise (skill), validity, cogency, enablement, vantage ground, influence, pressure, conductivity, elasticity, gravity, electricity, magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism, atomic power, nuclear power, thermonuclear power, fuel cell, hydraulic power, water power, hydroelectric power, solar power, solar energy, solar panels, tidal power, wind power, attraction, vis inertiae, vis mortua, vis viva, potential energy, dynamic energy, dynamic friction, dynamic suction, live circuit, live rail, live wire, capability, capacity, quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent, faculty, quality, attribute, endowment, virtue, gift, property, qualification, susceptibility, powerful, puissant, potential, capable, able, equal to, up to, cogent, valid, efficient, productive, effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent, multipotent, plenipotent, omnipotent, almighty, forcible, (energetic), influential, productive, powerfully, by virtue of, by dint of, a toute force, dos moi pou sto kai kino ten gen, eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis, fortis cadere cedere non potest.For further exploring for "validity" in Webster Dictionary Online