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Excellence

The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.

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Admirability 76% connected

Admirableness.

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Admirableness 76% connected

The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence.

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Civilization 76% connected

The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.

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Grandness 76% connected

Grandeur.

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Magnificence 76% connected

The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.

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Refinement 76% connected

The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

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Richness 76% connected

The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).

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Characteristic 76% connected

Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; di…

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Feature 76% connected

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Excel 74% connected

To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.

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Excel 74% connected

To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.

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Excellent 74% connected

Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man,…

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Excellent 74% connected

Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man,…

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Excellency 92% connected

Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.

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