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excellence definition

ex·cel·lence (ek′sə ləns)

noun

  1. the fact or condition of excelling; superiority; surpassing goodness, merit, etc.
  2. something in which a person or thing excels; particular virtue
  3. excellency

Etymology: ME < OFr < L excellentia < prp. of excellere

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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