Thesaurus: excellence

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1. n. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
2. n. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
3. n. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency.
4. n. the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
5. n. an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
6. 1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue. Consider first that great Or bright infers not excellence. Milton. 2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue. With every excellence refined. Beattie. 3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency. I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king. Shak. Syn. -- Superiority; preëminence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.
7. n:100 n. the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree n. an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels