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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand [syn: applicability, pertinence, pertinency] [ant: inapplicability]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1598 pertinence

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pertinence Per"ti*nence, Pertinency Per"ti*nen*cy, n. [Cf. F. pertinence. See Pertinent.] The quality or state of being pertinent; justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness; relevancy; suitableness. The fitness and pertinency of the apostle's discourse. --Bentley.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See pertinence