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sufficiency |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sufficiency \Suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. sufficientia: cf F. suffisance. See {Suffice}.] 1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy. His sufficiency is such that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted. --Boyle. 2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity. A substitute or most allowed sufficiency. --Shak. I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others --Eikon Basilike 3. Adequate substance or means competence. ``An elegant sufficiency.'' --Thomson. 4. Supply equal to wants ample stock or fund. 5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency. Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance. --Sir W. Temple. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sufficiency n 1: a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose or satisfy a desire; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country" [syn: {enough}] 2: a quantity or number sufficient for a purpose [syn: {adequacy}] [ant: {insufficiency}, {insufficiency}]
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