excellence > define
noun
- The quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree.
- An outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels.
- usage: "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"
- synonyms: excellency
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency.
- (n.) The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
- (n.) An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary