Which of the following best describes the leveling effect?
◦ the reason that explains why moving down the periodic table results in compounds that are more acidic
◦ the limiting of a compound's acidity or basicity by respective deprotonation or protonation by the solvent
◦ the ability of a compound to dissolve in a given amount of solvent
◦ the reduction of inductive effects as electronegative atoms are moved further from the acidic proton
◦ the cause of weak acids or weak bases to incompletely dissociate in water