Thesaurus: sufficiency

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1. n. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.
2. n. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
3. n. Adequate substance or means; competence.
4. n. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
5. n. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
6. n. sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
7. n. an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
8. n. the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
9. 1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy. His sufficiency is such that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted. Boyle. 2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity. A substitute or most allowed sufficiency. Shak. I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others. Eikon Basilike. 3. Adequate substance or means; competence. "An elegant sufficiency." Thomson. 4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund. 5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency. Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance. Sir W. Temple.
10. n:100 n. sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations n. the quality of being sufficient for the end in view