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onerosity en · NOUN

Etymology

From onerous + -ity, from Latin onerositas.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) Onerousness.
  2. (qualifier:Scots law, uncountable) The legal state of affairs resulting from being done or given in return for receipt of something of value.
    • It may be presumed to be a necessary ingredient in onerosity, that the obligation to be fulfilled is a legal one. 1845, John Hill Burton, The Law of Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Mercantile Sequestration, in Scotland, W. Tait, page 145:

Antonyms

non-onerosity (antonym(s) of “Scots law”)

Synonyms

burdensomeness