goodness
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊdnəs/
The English word “goodness” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The state or characteristic of being good.
- The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
- God.
- The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.
Etymology
From Middle English goodnesse, godnesse, from Old English gōdnes (“goodness; virtue; kindness”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī (“goodness”), equivalent to good + -ness. Cognate with Scots guidness (“goodness”), West Frisian goedens (“goodness”), Old High German guotnessī (“goodness”), Middle High German guotnisse (“goodness”), Russian годность (godnostʹ, “suitability, fitness”).
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