n. The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
n. God.
n. The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state or quality of being good, in any sense; excellence; purity; virtue; grace; benevolence.
n.
n. In exclamatory use, a term of emphasis; “gracious”: as, my goodness! no; for goodness' sake, tell me what it is.
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n. that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
n. moral excellence or admirableness
Word Usage
"A second proof that the approbation of goodness is not the love of it is found in the fact, that _it is impossible not to approve of goodness_, while it is possible not to love it."