tenability

Definitions of tenability
  1. noun
    the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
    “he questioned the tenability of my claims”
    synonyms: reasonableness, tenableness
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    type of:
    plausibility, plausibleness
    apparent validity
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