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Competence

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Ability 76% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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Fitness 76% connected

The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.

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Proficiency 76% connected

The quality of state of being proficient; advance in the acquisition of any art, science, or knowledge; progression in knowledge; improvement; adeptn…

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Competent 74% connected

Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.

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Competent 74% connected

Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.

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Competency 92% connected

The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power.

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Good noun · 84% connection

that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self…

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Capableness noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.

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Capacity noun · 78% connection

Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marryi…

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Character noun · 78% connection

A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant.

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Disable verb · 78% connection

To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue.

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Incapacitate verb · 78% connection

To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify.

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Incapacity noun · 78% connection

Want of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; as, the inacapacity of m…

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Incompetency noun · 78% connection

Want of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or o…

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Incompetent adjective · 78% connection

Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible.

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Inequality noun · 78% connection

Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational so…

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May verb · 78% connection

An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expres…

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Voir dire unknown · 78% connection

An oath administered to a witness, usually before being sworn in chief, requiring him to speak the truth, or make true answers in refe…

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