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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree;

2. an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels;
- Example: "a center of manufacturing excellence"
- Example: "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"
[syn: excellence, excellency]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Excellence \Ex"cel*lence\, n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]
   1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good
      qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority
      in virtue.
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            Consider first that great
            Or bright infers not excellence.      --Milton.
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   2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one
      excels or is eminent; a virtue.
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            With every excellence refined.        --Beattie.
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   3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form
      excellency.
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            I do greet your excellence
            With letters of commission from the king. --Shak.

   Syn: Superiority; pre["e]minence; perfection; worth;
        goodness; purity; greatness.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

excellence
    n 1: the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high
         degree
    2: an outstanding feature; something in which something or
       someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the
       use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"
       [syn: excellence, excellency]