bindingness

The state or quality of being binding.

Noun

  1. The state or quality of being binding.
    • The philosophers of the first group, who believe that they have discovered the determining ground of moral bindingness in the drive for pleasure, quarrel with each other about the manner in which this ground is present...
    • The contract drafter can mask the bindingness of the contract and manipulate consumer behavior through design. - 2013, Larry A. DiMatteo, Qi Zhou, Severine Saintier, Commercial Contract Law: Transatlantic Perspectives,...

Origin

Etymology tree Middle English byndynge English binding Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English bindingness From binding + -ness.