English-Thai Dictionary

goodness

N ความดีงาม  คุณ งามความดี  ความ มี คุณ ธรรม  righteousness virtuousness uprightness decency morality dishonesty kwam-de-ngam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GOODNESS

n.The state of being good; the physical qualities which constitute value, excellence or perfection; as the goodness of timber; the goodness of a soil. 1. The moral qualities which constitute christian excellence; moral virtue; religion.
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. Galatians 5:22.
2. Kindness; benevolence; benignity of heart; but more generally, acts of kindness; charity; humanity exercised. I shall remember his goodness to me with gratitude.
3. Kindness; benevolence of nature; mercy.
The Lord God--abundant in goodness and truth. Exodus 34:6.
4. Kindness; favor shown; acts of benevolence, compassion or mercy.
Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Jehovah had done to Israel. Exodus 18:9.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GOODNESS

Good "ness, n. Etym: [AS. g.]

 

Defn: 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; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

goodness

good ness |ˈgo͝odnis ˈɡʊdnəs | ▶noun the quality of being good, in particular: • virtue; moral excellence: a belief in the basic goodness of mankind. • the beneficial or nourishing element of food. ▶exclam. (as a substitution for “God ”) expressing surprise, anger, etc.: goodness knows what her rent will be. PHRASES for goodness' sake see sake 1. goodness of fit Statistics the extent to which observed data match the values expected by theory. have the goodness to do something used in exaggeratedly polite requests: have the goodness to look at me when I'm speaking to you! ORIGIN Old English gōdnes (see good, -ness ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

goodness

good |ness |ˈgʊdnɪs | ▶noun 1 the quality of being good: a belief in the basic goodness of mankind. 2 the beneficial or nourishing element of food. ▶exclamation (as a substitution for ‘God ’) expressing surprise, anger, etc.: goodness knows why she didn't go herself | my goodness, you gave me quite a fright! PHRASES for goodness' sake see sake 1. goodness of fit Statistics the extent to which observed data matches the values expected by theory. have the goodness to do something used in exaggeratedly polite requests: have the goodness to look at me when I'm speaking to you. ORIGIN Old English gōdnes (see good, -ness ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

goodness

goodness noun 1 she must have seen some goodness in him: virtue, good, righteousness, morality, integrity, rectitude; honesty, truth, truthfulness, honor, probity; propriety, decency, respectability, nobility, worthiness, worth, merit, trustworthiness; blamelessness, purity. 2 the neighbor's goodness toward us: kindness, kindliness, tenderheartedness, humanity, mildness, benevolence, graciousness; tenderness, warmth, affection, love, goodwill; sympathy, compassion, care, concern, understanding, tolerance, generosity, charity, leniency, clemency, magnanimity. 3 slow cooking retains the food's goodness: nutritional value, nutrients, wholesomeness, nourishment.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

goodness

goodness noun 1 he was a dangerous criminal, but he had some goodness in him: virtue, virtuousness, good, righteousness, morality, ethicalness, uprightness, upstandingness, integrity, principle, dignity, rectitude, rightness; honesty, truth, truthfulness, honourableness, honourability, honour, incorruptibility, probity, propriety, decency, respectability, nobility, nobility of soul /spirit, nobleness, worthiness, worth, merit, trustworthiness, meritoriousness, irreproachableness, blamelessness, purity, pureness, lack of corruption; justice, justness, fairness, equity, equitableness, impartiality, lawfulness, legality. ANTONYMS wickedness. 2 his goodness towards us: kindness, kindliness, kind-heartedness, warm-heartedness, tender-heartedness, humaneness, humanity, mildness, benevolence, benignity, tenderness, warmth, motherliness, fatherliness, affection, lovingness, love, goodwill; sympathy, compassion, care, concern, understanding, tolerance, patience, indulgence, generosity, charity, charitableness, leniency, clemency, forbearance, magnanimity; helpfulness, considerateness, thoughtfulness, consideration, niceness, courtesy, politeness, decency, graciousness, neighbourliness, pleasantness, public-spiritedness, friendliness, geniality, congeniality, amiability, cordiality. ANTONYMS meanness. 3 slow cooking can help to retain the goodness of the food: nutritional value, nutrition, nutrients, wholesomeness, nourishment; rare nutriment.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

goodness

good ness /ɡʊ́dnəs /(形 名 副 )good 名詞 U 1 神 (!Godの婉曲語として, 主に定型句内で用いる ) ▸ (Oh, ) (my ) goodness! ≒ (My ) goodness me! ｟話 ｠ああっ, ええっ, 何だって, しまった, まったく (!驚き, 時に怒りを示す ) ▸ Thank goodness for the credit card! クレジットカードがあってよかった ▸ wish [hope ] to goodness (that ) ……をぜひにと願う ▸ goodness (only ) knows ……はだれにもわからない 2 a. (人の )性格のよさ , 善良性 (!(1 )優しさ, 親切さ, 寛大さ, 正直さなどをさす. (2 )善良な行為はgood 名詞 ) ▸ out of (the ) goodness of A's heart A 〈人 〉の親切心 [真心, 良心 ]から ▸ mankind's inherent goodness 人間の生得的な美徳 b. (物の )良質さ, 優良性 .3 〖通例the ～〗長所 , 美点, 精髄 ; (食品の )栄養分 ▸ preserve the milk's goodness 牛乳の栄養分を保つ