GOODNESS

Goodness. 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.

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goodness. Goodness, n. all desirable qualities, virtue, piety

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Good″ness (?), n. [[AS. gōdnes.]] 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.