goodness

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Etymology

good +‎ -ness

Noun

goodness (countable and uncountable; plural goodnesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.
2. (countable) The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
3. (uncountable, euphemistic) God.

   Thank goodness that the war is over!

4. (Christianity) The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Galatians, 5:22:

     The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.

Synonyms

• virtue

Derived terms

• my goodness!

Translations

state or characteristic of being good

Albanian: mirësi (sq) f. Anglo-Norman: bonté, bounté Catalan: bondat (ca) f. Czech: dobrota (cs) f. Dutch: goedheid (nl) f. Esperanto: boneco (eo) French: bonté (fr) f. Greek: καλόσυνη (el) (kalósyni) f. Ido: boneso (io)

Italian: bontà (it) Latin: bonitas (la) Old French: bonté f. Old Provençal: bontat f. Romanian: bunătate (ro) Spanish: bondad (es) f. Swahili: uzuri (sw) Swedish: godhet Turkish: iyilik (tr)

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Cebuano: kaayo Finnish: hyvyys French: bonté

Italian: bontà Kurdish: باشی, چاکه‌

External links

• goodness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• goodness in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• goodness at OneLook Dictionary Search