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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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; pre["e]minence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: excellence n 1: the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree 2: something in which something or some one excels: "the use of herbs is one of the excellences of French cuisine"
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