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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :   [ easton ]

  Goodness
     in man is not a mere passive quality, but the deliberate
     preference of right to wrong, the firm and persistent resistance
     of all moral evil, and the choosing and following of all moral
     good.
     

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Goodness \Good"ness\, n. [AS. g[=o]dnes.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Goodness \Good"ness\, n. [AS. g?dnes.]
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  goodness
       n 1: that which is good or valuable or useful; "weigh the good
            against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are
            happiness and self-realization" [syn: good] [ant: bad,
             bad]
       2: moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be
          found in people" [syn: good] [ant: evil, evil]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  goodness
     interj.
     Short form of goodness me.
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.
     2 (lb en countable) The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of
  something.
     3 (lb en uncountable euphemistic) God.
     4 (lb en Christianity) The moral qualities which constitute Christian
  excellence; moral virtue.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  goodness
     interj.
     Short form of goodness me.
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.
     2 (lb en countable) The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of
  something.
     3 (lb en uncountable euphemistic) God.
     4 (lb en Christianity) The moral qualities which constitute Christian
  excellence; moral virtue.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  goodness
     interj.
     Short form of goodness me.
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.
     2 (lb en countable) The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of
  something.
     3 (lb en uncountable euphemistic) God.
     4 (lb en Christianity) The moral qualities which constitute Christian
  excellence; moral virtue.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  goodness
     interj.
     Short form of goodness me.
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.
     2 (lb en countable) The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of
  something.
     3 (lb en uncountable euphemistic) God.
     4 (lb en Christianity) The moral qualities which constitute Christian
  excellence; moral virtue.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  goodness
     Englanti interj.
     hyvänen aika
     Englanti n.
     hyvyys

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  goodness
     Engelska interj.
     (tagg: text=eufemism) gud
     Engelska n.
     godhet

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  goodness'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst goodness)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Goodness /ɡˈʊdnəs/
  الطيبة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  goodness //ˈɡʊdnəs// //ˈɡʊdnɪs// 
  1. добродетел
  Christianity: moral virtue
  2. доброта, добрина
  state or characteristic of being good

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  goodness /ɡˈʊdnəs/ 
  dobrota

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  goodness /ɡˈʊdnəs/ 
  laskavost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  goodness /ɡˈʊdnəs/
  Güte , Tugend 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  goodness //ˈɡʊdnəs// //ˈɡʊdnɪs// 
  1. hyvyys 2.
  Christianity: moral virtue
   3.
  state or characteristic of being good
  2. hyvä
  good part or content of something

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  goodness /gudnəs/
  feabhas

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  goodness /ɡˈʊdnəs/
  dobrodušnost, dobrota, vrlina

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  goodness /ɡˈʊdnəs/
  1. jó minôség
  2. szívjóság
  3. jóság

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  goodness /gudnəs/
  1. gerumas
  2. gerosios ypatybės
  3. dorybė

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  goodness /ˈgʊdnɪs/ 
   1.  dobro
   2.  my goodness (:my :goodness)
   - mój Boże, dobry Boże
   3.  ``For goodness' sake!'' (:for :goodness :'s :sake)
   - ,,Na litość boską!''

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  goodness /gudnəs/ 
  bondade

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  goodness /gudnəs/
  bondad

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  goodness //ˈɡʊdnəs// //ˈɡʊdnɪs// 
  godhet
  state or characteristic of being good

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  goodness /ɡˈʊdnəs/
  1. (ünlem) iyilik, güzellik
  2. erdem, mükemmellik
  3. cömertlik, ne- zaket
  4. fazilet
  5. faydalı kısım
  6. (ünlem) Allah! Goodness knows! Allah bilir! For good ness' sake! Allah aşkına ! Thank good ness! Allaha şükür! have the goodness to lütfen, nezaketen . (I.) wish to goodness aman, keşke, Allah vere.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɡʊdnəs/, /ˈɡʊdnɪs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  175 Moby Thesaurus words for "goodness":
     Christianity, Christlikeness, Christliness, affability,
     affectionateness, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability,
     amicability, angelicalness, appropriateness, assured probity,
     beauty of holiness, beneficialness, benignancy, benignity,
     blamelessness, bliss, blissfulness, brotherhood, character,
     cleanness, compassion, compatibility, complaisance, congeniality,
     cordiality, correctitude, correctness, decencies, decency,
     decorousness, decorum, delectability, deliciousness, enjoyableness,
     erectness, estimableness, fairness, fear of God,
     feeling of kinship, felicitousness, fellow feeling, fine flavor,
     fitness, fittingness, flavorfulness, flavoriness, flavorousness,
     flavorsomeness, fraternal feeling, full flavor, geniality,
     godlikeness, godliness, godly-mindedness, good character,
     good flavor, good taste, goodliness, goodness of heart,
     gourmet quality, grace, graciousness, gustatory delightfulness,
     harmoniousness, healthfulness, healthiness, heart of gold,
     heavenliness, heavenly-mindedness, high ideals, high principles,
     high-mindedness, holiness, holy-mindedness, honesty, honor,
     honorableness, humaneness, humanity, immaculacy, integrity,
     irreproachability, irreproachableness, justice, justness,
     kindheartedness, kindliness, kindly disposition, kindness,
     loving kindness, lusciousness, mellifluousness, mellowness, merit,
     moral excellence, moral rectitude, moral strength, morale,
     morality, niceness, nobility, normality, normativeness,
     odor of sanctity, oh, otherworldliness, pleasance, pleasantness,
     pleasantry, pleasingness, pleasurability, pleasurableness,
     pleasure, pleasurefulness, principles, probity, properness,
     proprieties, propriety, pureness, pureness of heart, purity,
     quality, rapport, rectitude, reputability, respectability,
     right conduct, right taste, righteousness, rightness, sainthood,
     saintlikeness, saintliness, saintship, salubriousness, salubrity,
     salutariness, sanctitude, sanctity, sapidity, savoriness,
     scrumptiousness, seemliness, seraphicalness, softheartedness,
     soul of kindness, spiritual-mindedness, spirituality,
     stainlessness, suitability, superiority, sweetness, sympathy,
     tastiness, tenderheartedness, toothsomeness, unearthliness,
     unimpeachability, unimpeachableness, unspottedness, unworldliness,
     uprightness, upstandingness, virtue, virtuousness, warmheartedness,
     warmth, warmth of heart, welcomeness, wholesomeness, worthiness
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 仁慈,善良;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 优良,美德,善行,精华;上天,老天爷,上帝

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