Validity

Definition of validity:

part of speech: noun

The state or quality of being founded on fact; soundness; justness; legality.

Usage examples for validity:

• The question as to the regularity and validity of the settler's claim is raised by the companies, and then they apply again to the secretary of the interior. "Monopolies and the People", D. C. Cloud.

• Well, then- why do you refuse to recognize its validity now? "The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 2 (of 10)", Edith Wharton.

• Contrary to what might have been expected, the first point concerned the validity of the elections. "A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6)", Leopold von Ranke.

• There has, however, recently been a reaction among naturalists in regard to the validity of many supposed examples of warning coloration and the whole subject is still open to careful investigation. "Butterflies Worth Knowing", Clarence M. Weed.