vitality

Vitality is having the capacity to live and grow, or physical or mental energy or strength.

(noun)

An example of vitality is a person who is young, strong and excited about all aspects of life.

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See vitality in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. vitalities

  1. vital force
  2. power to live or go on living
  3. power, as of an institution, to endure or survive
  4. mental or physical vigor; energy

Origin: L vitalitas

See vitality in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. vi·tal·i·ties
  1. The capacity to live, grow, or develop: plants that lost their vitality when badly pruned.
  2. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy. See Synonyms at vigor.
  3. The characteristic, principle, or force that distinguishes living things from nonliving things.
  4. Power to survive: the vitality of an old tradition.

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