Defn: The quality of being amenable; amenableness. Coleridge.
AMENABLE A*me"na*ble, a. Etym: [F. amener to lead; ad) = mener to lead, fr. L. minare to drive animals (properly by threatening cries), in LL. to lead; L. minari, to threaten, minae threats. See Menace.]
1. (Old Law)
Defn: Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs.]
Jacob.
2. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law. Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to the divine government. I. Taylor.
3. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
4. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable. Sterling . . . always was amenable enough to counsel. Carlyle.
AMENABLENESS
A*me"na*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.
AMENABLY
A*me"na*bly, adv.