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Soundness

The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith.

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Advisability 76% connected

The quality of being advisable; advisableness.

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Reasonableness 76% connected

Quality of being reasonable.

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Seaworthiness 76% connected

The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Good 76% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Goodness 76% connected

The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; go…

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Strength 76% connected

The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force;…

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Heady 74% connected

Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.

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Heady 74% connected

Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.

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Sound 74% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Sound 74% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Firmness 92% connected

The state or quality of being firm.

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Wisdom 92% connected

The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment…

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Wiseness 92% connected

Wisdom.

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