validity
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
valid/ˈvalɪd/
▶adjective
- 1 actually supporting the intended point or claim: a valid criticism.
- 2 executed in compliance with the law.
■ legally or officially acceptable.
– derivatives
validity noun,
validly adverb.
validity noun,
validly adverb.
– origin C16: from Fr. valide or L. validus ‘strong’.
'validity' also found in these Oxford entries:
challenge
- courtesy title
- dispute
- epistemology
- expire
- generality
- grand jury
- impeach
- impugn
- inspector
- judicial review
- logic
- oppugn
- point
- positivism
- probate
- prove
- reaffirm
- recognize
- renew
- repudiate
- revoke
- sounding board
- sustain
- unconfirmed
- uncontroverted
- valid
- validate
- valorize
- verification
- vitiate
- worth
