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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Plausibility

/plôzˌ-ĭb-ĭl'-ĭt-ē/ · Plau·si·bil·i·ty · IPA /plˌɔzɪbˈɪlɪtiː/
01 n. Something worthy of praise.
  1. 1.
    Something worthy of praise.[Obs.]
    “Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities.” — E. Vaughan.
  2. 2.
    The quality of being plausible; speciousness.
    “To give any plausibility to a scheme.” De Quincey.
  3. 3.
    Anything plausible or specious.