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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Competence \Com"pe*tence\, Competency \Com"pe*ten*cy\, n. [Cf. F. comp['e]tence, from L. competentia agreement.] 1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power. The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause --Burke. To make them act zealously is not in the competence of law. --Burke. 2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence. --Pope. Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. --Shak. 3. (Law) a Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as the competency of a witness or of a evidence. b Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause as the competence of a judge or court. --Kent. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: competence n : the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually [syn: {competency}] [ant: {incompetence}]
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