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3 definitions found 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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