n. The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
n. Having legal force.
n. A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness.
n. Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity.
n. Value.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Strength or power in general.
n. The state or character of being valid.
n. Legal efficacy or force; sufficiency in point of law.
n. Scientific strength or force: as, the validity of a genus.
n. Value.
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n. the quality of being valid and rigorous
n. the quality of having legal force or effectiveness
n. the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
Word Usage
"But of course, it must be said that mere validity is not the only important matter."