Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CRED-I-BIL'I-TY, n. [Fr. credibilité, from L. credibilis.]

Credibleness; the quality or state of a thing which renders it possible to be believed, or which admits belief, on rational principles; the quality or state of a thing which involves no contradiction, or absurdity. Credibility is less than certainty, and greater than possibility; indeed it is less than probability, but is nearly allied to it. [See Credible.]