validity

noun

va·​lid·​i·​ty və-ˈli-də-tē 

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: the quality or state of being valid: such as

a

: the state of being acceptable according to the law

The validity of the contract is being questioned.

What the federal courts have ruled … is that renunciations made behind barbed wire were essentially under duress, and thus of no legal validity.

—Roger Daniels

b

: the quality of being well-grounded, sound, or correct

the validity of an argument/theory

Other researchers have questioned the validity of the test results.

Later he acknowledged that there was no validity to his report.

—David Hiltbrand

Examples of validity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Khan recently spoke at the World Health Assembly about the future of aging and continues to advocate for a more supportive regulatory environment that recognizes the clinical validity of 'pre-disease' states and new biomarkers. —Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024

The probe comes long after the deadline to challenge the validity of the signatures, per the Tampa Bay Times. —Yacob Reyes, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024

Cho noted the legal challenge was not to the validity of the tax measure. —Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024

According to prosecutors, Peters stole a Mesa County employee’s security badge to help a man Lindell was acquainted with gain access to the county's voter systems to help Lindell’s false conspiracies about the validity of the 2020 election results. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1577, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

validity

noun

va·​lid·​i·​ty

və-ˈlid-ət-ē,

va-

: the quality or state of being valid