"deniability" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˌnaɪ(j)əˈbɪlɪti/ [UK] Audio: en-us-deniability.ogg [US] Forms: deniabilities [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English deny Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English deniability From deny + -ability. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|deny|-ability|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English deny Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English deniability [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-dʰlom", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tḗr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dʰlis", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-bilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ābilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tāts", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-abilitas", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-ableté", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ablete", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ability", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "deniability", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="deniability"> From deny + -ability. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deniability (countable and uncountable, plural deniabilities)
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being deniable. Tags: uncountable Translations (condition): kiistettävyys (Finnish), უარყოფადობა (uarq̇opadoba) (Georgian), Abstreitbarkeit [feminine] (German), Bestreitbarkeit [feminine] (German), zaprzeczalność [feminine] (Polish), отрицаемость (otricajemostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), gwadadwyedd [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (countable) The extent to which something is deniable. Tags: countable Translations (extent): kiistettävyys (Finnish), Abstreitbarkeit [feminine] (German), gwadadwyedd [masculine] (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: plausible deniability, undeniability

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          "ref": "2014 October 8, Davia Temin, “The Role Of Boards In Crisis”, in Forbes, retrieved 08 Jun 2015:",
          "text": "No longer is plausible deniability acceptable, either for boards or for management. Corporate and nonprofit boards alike are expected to know of problems that are brewing deep within their organizations.",
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        "The condition of being deniable."
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          "text": "These infamous little green men appeared during the decisive seizures or buildings and facilities, only to disappear when associated militias and local troops arrived to consolidate the gains. In this way they provided a measure of deniability—however superficial or implausible—for Moscow.⁴⁰",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "kiistettävyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "roman": "uarq̇opadoba",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "უარყოფადობა"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "condition",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "condition",
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      "word": "Bestreitbarkeit"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "condition",
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