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onerosity

onerosity noun: onerousness.

Noun

onerosity (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Onerousness.
  2. (Scots law) The legal state of affairs resulting from being done or given in return for receipt of something of value.
    • It may be presumed to be a necessary ingredient in onerosity, that the obligation to be fulfilled is a legal one.1845, John Hill Burton, The Law of Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Mercantile Sequestration, in Scotland, W. Tait, page 145

Synonyms of onerosity

Antonyms

  • non-onerosity

Origin of onerosity

From onerous + -ity, from Latin onerositas.

Questions about onerosity

What does onerosity mean?
Onerosity means onerousness.
What part of speech is onerosity?
Onerosity is a noun.

Words near onerosity in the dictionary

  1. onerating
  2. oneration
  3. onerations
  4. onerier
  5. oneriest
  6. onerosity
  7. onerous
  8. onerously
  9. onerousness
  10. onerousnesses
  11. oners

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