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deniability

UK/dɪˌnaɪ(j)əˈbɪlɪti/

deniability noun: the condition of being deniable.

Noun

deniability (countable and uncountable, plural deniabilities)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being deniable.
    • 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.2014 October 8, Davia Temin, “The Role Of Boards In Crisis”, in Forbes, retrieved 08 Jun 2015
  2. (countable) The extent to which something is deniable.
    • 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.⁴⁰2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, page 43

deniability meaning in Tamil

deniability in Tamil

மறுப்புத் திட்பம்

Forms of deniability

pluraldeniabilities

Origin of deniability

From deny + -ability.

Words formed from deniability

Questions about deniability

What does deniability mean?
Deniability means the condition of being deniable.
What is deniability in Tamil?
Deniability in Tamil is மறுப்புத் திட்பம். See Deniability meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is deniability?
Deniability is a noun.
How do you pronounce deniability?
Deniability is pronounced /dɪˌnaɪ(j)əˈbɪlɪti/ (UK).
What is the plural of deniability?
The plural of deniability is deniabilities.

Words near deniability in the dictionary

  1. Denholm
  2. Denholme
  3. Denholms
  4. deni
  5. deniabilities
  6. deniability
  7. deniable
  8. deniably
  9. denial
  10. denial ain't a river in Egypt
  11. denial ain't just a river in Egypt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deniability (page history and authors); deniability (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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