| ability | action one is capable of |
| ability | strength, bodily power |
| ability | means, resources, funds |
| all | to the best of my ability |
| answer | accountability, responsibility, liability, penalty |
| belonging | attribute, capability, personal quality |
| best | as far as I can, to the best of my ability |
| bewitchment | magical appeal, ability to charm |
| blame | blameworthiness, culpability, guilt |
| can | be skilled [in], have ability [in] |
| capacity | intelligence, understanding, capability |
| certainty | inevitability, inescapable fact |
| chance | what may have happened, conceivability, possibility |
| charge | responsibility, culpability |
| choice | ability to choose, skill in choosing |
| clog | encumbrance, burden, liability |
| continuance | lasting nature, permanence, durability |
| craft | skill, art, ability |
| cunning | skill, ability, expertise |
| desire | charm, desirability |
| discharge | payment, settlement, release from all liability |
| due | debt, liability, amount owing |
| durance | durability, lasting nature, with a strong implication of imprisonment (see the related sense); also: type of strong durable cloth |
| esteem | reputation, regard, respectability |
| estimate | reputation, honour, respectability |
| exposure | unprotected state, defensive weakness, vulnerability |
| faculty | function, power, capability |
| faith | reliability, dependability, trustworthiness |
| fathom | calibre, ability, depth |
| fear | formidableness, ability to inspire fear |
| fence | fencing ability, skill at swordplay |
| fixure | stability, fixed position, settled state |
| frailty | moral weakness, shortcoming, liability to give in to temptation |
| function | ability to exercise the faculties, natural powers |
| gall | spirit of anger, venom, ability to be angry |
| gravity | respectability, authority, dignified position |
| hand | ability, skill [with the hand] |
| holding | ability to maintain, power of sustaining |
| ingenious | [unclear meaning] lacking all ability, stupid |
| iteration | ability to quote scripture |
| leasing | skill in lying, ability to lie |
| leave | permitting, allowance, availability |
| let | power to interfere, ability to hinder |
| light | ability to see clearly, power of vision |
| likelihood | likely outcome, probability |
| lottery | odds, chance, probability |
| mean | (plural) capacity, capability, potential |
| mutability | fickleness, inconstancy, caprice |
| mutation | changeableness, instability, vacillation |
| necessity | inevitability, constrained outcome |
| oblivion | forgetfulness, inability to recall |
| odds | probability, likelihood, odds-on |
| possibility | capability, ability, competence |
| power | faculty, function, ability |
| profession | avowal of skilled knowledge, declaration of ability to carry out a task |
| proof | tested strength, proven power of resistance, impenetrability |
| Proteus | ['prohtius] old man of the sea, shepherd of Poseidon's flock, with the ability to change his shape |
| quality | accomplishment, capacity, ability |
| reach | capacity, capability, power of attainment |
| repairing | with power of recovery, with ability to revive |
| resemblance | likelihood, probability, uncertain prospect |
| sense | ability to respond to sensation, physical perception |
| soundless | beyond the ability to sound, unfathomable |
| spleen | irritability, malice, bad temper |
| spurring | ability to use spurs |
| stableness | stability |
| stoutness | obstinacy, stubbornness, intractability |
| stupefied | lacking the ability to feel, grown insensible |
| sufficiency | competence, ability, capability |
| superfluity | spare availability, additional instance |
| surety | security, confidence, stability |
| thought | imagination, conception, ability to comprehend |
| virtue | power, capability, efficacy, property |
| virtue | quality, accomplishment, ability |
| wit | intelligence, wisdom, good sense, mental ability |