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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. persuasive relevance;

2. the quality of being valid and rigorous;
[syn: cogency, validity, rigor, rigour]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cogency \Co"gen*cy\, n. [See Cogent.]
   The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction;
   conclusiveness; force.
   [1913 Webster]

         An antecedent argument of extreme cogency. --J. H.
                                                  Newman.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cogency
    n 1: persuasive relevance
    2: the quality of being valid and rigorous [syn: cogency,
       validity, rigor, rigour]