unconscionability

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Definition of unconscionability in English English dictionary

A principle that one party to a contract might be entitled to a remedy if the other party has behaved in an unconscionable manner

The infusion of principles of unconscionability into contract law has given the courts greater flexibility in fashioning relief..

An absence of meaningful choice on the part of one of the parties to a contract, and contract terms which are unreasonably favorable to the other party

A doctrine that courts will not enforce contractual provisions that put one party at the mercy of another

{i} condition of being unconscionable; state of lacking morality; exaggeration