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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cogency

/kōj'-ən-sē/ · Co·gen·cy · IPA /ˈkəʊd͡ʒənsi/
01 n. The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
  1. 1.
    The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
    “An antecedent argument of extreme cogency.” J. H. Newman.