About The Word Excellence
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Excellence
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Excellence Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Excellence?
[n] the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
[n] something in which something or some one excels; "the use of herbs is one of the excellences of French cuisine" Synonyms | Synonyms for Excellence: Related Terms | Find terms related to Excellence: accomplishment | acquired taste | advantageousness | agreeableness | appreciation of excellence | arete | ascendancy | auspiciousness | beneficialness | benevolence | benignity | choiceness | civilized taste | civilizedness | class | cogency | consequence | conspicuousness | cultivated taste | cultivation | culture | daintiness | deanship | delicacy | desert | discrimination | distinction | elegance | elevation | eminence | exaltation | excellency | expedience | fairness | fastidiousness | favor | favorableness | fineness | finesse | first-rateness | good taste | goodliness | goodness | grace | gracefulness | gracility | graciosity | graciousness | grandeur | greatness | healthiness | helpfulness | high mightiness | importance | incomparability | inimitability | kindness | lead | loftiness | majority | mark | merit | niceness | nicety | nobility | notability | note | one-upmanship | outstandingness | perfection | pleasantness | polish | precedence | predominance | predomination | preeminence | preponderance | prepotence | prepotency | prerogative | prestige | priority | privilege | profitableness | prominence | quality | refinement | rewardingness | right-of-way | seniority | significance | skill | skillfulness | sophistication | soundness | sublimity | subtlety | success | superbness | supereminence | superiority | supremacy | taste | tastefulness | transcendence | transcendency | usefulness | validity | value | virtue | virtuosity | virtuousness | wholeness | worth See Also | admirability | admirableness | characteristic | civilisation | civilization | feature | grandness | impressiveness | magnificence | quality | refinement | wonderfulness Excellence In Webster's Dictionary \Ex"cel*lence\, n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]
1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good
qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority
in virtue.
Consider first that great Or bright infers not
excellence. --Milton.
2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one
excels or is eminent; a virtue.
With every excellence refined. --Beattie.
3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form
excellency.
I do greet your excellence With letters of
commission from the king. --Shak.
Syn: Superiority; pre["e]minence; perfection; worth;
goodness; purity; greatness.
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