susceptibility Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being susceptible; easily affected
    susceptibleness.

WordNet

Sus*cep`ti*bil"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F. susceptibilité.
Wordforms
plural Susceptibilities
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.
  2. Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness. Syn. -- Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion.

Webster 1913