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Definition of Amenable
Amenable

Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.

Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.

Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.

Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.

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Amenable Quotations

The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
John Stuart Mill

Well, the fact is that one imagination is critically important, and if you have had your imagination stimulated by what is basically a variety of subjects, you are much more amenable to accepting, to understanding and interacting with the realities of the world.
Ashley Judd

The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.
Adolf Hitler

It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance.
Barry Commoner

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