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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goodness \Good"ness\, n. [AS. g?dnes.]
The quality of being good in any of its various senses
excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as the goodness
of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of
disposition, of conduct, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
goodness
n 1: that which is good or valuable or useful: "weigh the good
against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are
happiness and self-realization" [syn: {good}] [ant: {bad},
{bad}]
2: moral excellence or admirableness: "there is much good to be
found in people" [syn: {good}] [ant: {evil}, {evil}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Goodness
in man is not a mere passive quality, but the deliberate
preference of right to wrong the firm and persistent resistance
of all moral evil, and the choosing and following of all moral
good.
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