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benignity
English
Etymology
From Old French benignité, from Latin benignit?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??n??n?ti/
Noun
benignity (countable and uncountable, plural benignities)
- (uncountable) The state of being benign.
- (countable) A benign act.
Synonyms
- benignancy
- benignness
Antonyms
- malignancy
Related terms
- benign
- benignly
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goodness
English
Etymology
From Middle English goodnesse, godnesse, from Old English g?dnes (“goodness; virtue; kindness”), equivalent to good +? -ness. Cognate with Old High German g?tnass?, c?tnass? (“goodness”), Middle High German guotnisse (“goodness”), Russian ???????? (godnost?, “suitability, fitness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???dn?s/, /???dn?s/
Noun
goodness (countable and uncountable, plural goodnesses)
- (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.
- (countable) The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
- (uncountable, euphemistic) God.
- Thank goodness that the war is over!
- (Christianity) The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:goodness
Derived terms
- my goodness!
Translations
Further reading
- goodness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- goodness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- goodness at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- dog's nose
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