goodness
noun
1 goodness
That which is pleasing or valuable or useful.
synonym: good.
Roget 618:
good,
benefit,
advantage;
improvement
etc.
658;
greatest good,
supreme good;
interest,
service,
behoof,
behalf;
weal;
main chance,
summum bonum [Lat.],
common weal;
consummation devoutly to be wished;"
gain,
boot;
profit,
harvest.
boon
etc.
(gift)
784;
good turn;
blessing;
world of good;
piece of good luck [Fr.],
piece of good fortune [Fr.];
nuts,
prize,
windfall,
godsend,
waif,
treasure-trove.
good fortune
etc.
(prosperity)
734;
happiness
etc.
827.
[Source of good]
goodness
etc.
648;
utility
etc.
644;
remedy
etc.
662;
pleasure giving
etc.
829.
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Roget 648:
goodness
etc.
adj.;
excellence,
merit;
virtue
etc.
944;
value,
worth,
price.
super-excellence,
supereminence;
superiority
etc.
33;
perfection
etc.
650;
coup de maitre [Fr.];
masterpiece,
chef d'ouvre [Fr.],
prime,
flower,
cream,
elite,
pick,
A 1,
nonesuch,
nonpareil,
creme de la creme,
flower of the flock,
cock of the roost,
salt of the earth;
champion;
prodigy.
tidbit;
gem,
gem of the first water;
bijou,
precious stone,
jewel,
pearl,
diamond,
ruby,
brilliant,
treasure;
good thing;
rara avis [Lat.],
one in a thousand.
beneficence
etc.
906;
good man
etc.
948.
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Roget 829:
pleasurableness,
pleasantness,
agreeableness
etc.
adj.;
pleasure giving,
jucundity†,
delectability;
amusement
etc.
840.
attraction
etc.
(motive)
615;
attractiveness,
attractability†;
invitingness
etc.
adj.†;
harm,
fascination,
enchantment,
witchery,
seduction,
winning ways,
amenity,
amiability;
winsomeness.
loveliness
etc.
(beauty)
845;
sunny side,
bright side;
sweets
etc.
(sugar)
396;
goodness
etc.
648;
manna in the wilderness,
land flowing with milk and honey;
bittersweet;
fair weather.
treat;
regale
etc.
(physical pleasure)
377;
dainty;
titbit†,
tidbit;
nuts,
sauce piquante [Fr.].
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Dutch: waar, goedheid, goederen
Polish: dobro
2 goodness
Moral excellence or admirableness.
synonym: good.
Dutch: goed, goedheid
Polish: dobro
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