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

• (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.