Goodness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Goodness	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Goodness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goodness n that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization" Synonym(s): good, goodness Antonym(s): bad, badness moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people" Synonym(s): good, goodness Antonym(s): evil, evilness
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 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.