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De - Pt| English Dictionary: goodness' | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for goodness' | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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]: | |
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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. | |
