RELEVANCY

relevance, relevancy

(noun) the relation of something to the matter at hand

Source: WordNet® 3.1

relevancy (countable and uncountable, plural relevancies)

(legal, Scotland) Sufficiency (of a statement, claim etc.) to carry weight in law; legal pertinence. [from 16th c.]

(uncountable) The degree to which a thing is relevant; relevance, applicability. [from 17th c.]

(countable) A relevant thing. [from 19th c.]

• In contemporary usage relevance is about 20 times more common in the US (COCA) and about 50 times more common in the UK (BNC) than relevancy.

• irrelevancy

Source: Wiktionary

Rel"e*vance, Rel"e*van*cy, n.

1. The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability. Its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore. Poe.

2. (Scots Law)

Definition: Sufficiency to infer the conclusion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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9 May 2025

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”

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