Dictionary entry

Possibility

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pos′si‐bil″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Possibilities (#). [F. possibilité, L. possibilitas.] 1. The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing. “All possibility of error.” Hooker. “Latent possibilities of excellence.” Johnson.

2. That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate. South. Burrill.