excellence
excellence is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 25 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue. With every excellence refined. Beattie.
- 2.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- behavior
- cardinal
- credit
- desert
- discharge
- duty
- ethics
- fulfillment
- good
- innocence
- integrity
- life
- merit
- moral
- morality
- nobleness
- performance
- probity
- rectitude
- resolution
- self-control
- self-denial
- temperance
- virtue
- worth
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is excellence.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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