goodness

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goodness

Etymology

From Middle English goodnesse, godnesse, from Old English gōdnes (“goodness; virtue; kindness”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdnassī (“goodness”), equivalent to good +‎ -ness. Cognate with Scots guidness (“goodness”), West Frisian goedens (“goodness”), Old High German guotnessī (“goodness”), Middle High German guotnisse (“goodness”), Russian годность (godnostʹ, “suitability, fitness”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊdnəs/, /ˈɡʊ(d)nɪs/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

goodness (countable and uncountable, plural goodnesses)

(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 83, column 2:
  There is ſome ſoule of goodneſſe in things euill, / VVould men obſeruingly 'diſtill it out.
- 2014 October 7, Amanda Bevill, Julie Kramis Hearne, World Spice at Home: New Flavors for 75 Favorite Dishes‎, Sasquatch Books, →ISBN, page 42:
  Rich, raisiny, smoky, coffee goodness: that is the flavor of urfa biber.
(countable) The good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
(uncountable, euphemistic) God.
Thank goodness that the war is over!
(Christianity) The moral qualities which constitute Christian excellence; moral virtue.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 5:22–23, column 2:
  But the fruit of the ſpirit is loue, ioy, peace, long ſuffering, gentleneſſe, goodneſſe, faith, / Meekeneſſe, temperance: againſt ſuch there is no law.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Translations

state or characteristic of being good

Albanian: mirësi (sq) f
Arabic: خَيْر m (ḵayr)
Hijazi Arabic: خير m (ḵēr)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Aromanian: bunãtati f
Asturian: bondá f
Bulgarian: добрина (bg) f (dobrina), доброта (bg) f (dobrota)
Catalan: bondat (ca) f, bonesa f
Choctaw: achukma
Czech: dobrota (cs) f
Dutch: goedheid (nl) f
Esperanto: boneco (eo)
Finnish: hyvyys (fi)
French: bonté (fr) f
Old French: bonté f
Friulian: bontât f
Galician: bondade (gl) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Güte (de) f, Gütigkeit (de) f, (elevated) Herzensgüte (de) f, Tugend (de) f, Integrität (de) f
Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹 f (sēlei), 𐌲𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 f (gōdei)
Greek: καλοσύνη (el) f (kalosýni)
Ancient: ἀγαθότης f (agathótēs), ἀγαθοσύνη f (agathosúnē)
Hebrew: טוֹב (he) m
Ido: boneso (io)
Ingrian: hyvvyys
Irish: maitheas f, maith (ga) f
Isoko: evboma
Italian: bontà (it) f
Judeo-Italian: טובזה f (tovezza)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: qencî (ku) f, başî (ku) f
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: bonitās f
Lithuanian: gerumas, gerumas
Macedonian: добрина f (dobrina)
Middle English: goodnesse
Occitan: bontat (oc) f, bonesa f
Old High German: guotī f
Old Occitan: bontat f
Polish: dobro (pl) n, dobroć (pl) f
Portuguese: bondade (pt) f
Romanian: bunătate (ro)
Russian: доброта́ (ru) f (dobrotá)
Scots: guidness
Serbo-Croatian: dobrota (sh) f
Spanish: bondad (es) f
Swahili: uzuri (sw)
Swedish: godhet (sv)
Tagalog: buti
Tamil: நல்லது (ta) (nallatu)
Telugu: మంచితనము (te) (mañcitanamu)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: kärtsauñe
Turkish: iyilik (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎉𐎁 (ṭb)
Vietnamese: lòng tốt
Votic: üvüz

good part or content of something

Arabic: خَيْر m (ḵayr), صَلَاح (ar) m (ṣalāḥ) (righteousness)
Finnish: hyvä (fi)
Lithuanian: gera (lt)
Russian: добро́ (ru) n (dobró)

euphemistically: God

French: bonté divine (fr), corbleu (fr), crebleu (fr), jarnibleu (fr), jarnicoton (fr), maugrebleu (fr), maugrébleu (fr), morbleu (fr), morguienne (fr), nom de Zeus (fr), nom d’un chien (fr), nom d’un petit bonhomme (fr), nom d’une pipe (fr), palsambleu (fr), parbleu (fr), par Jupiter (fr), par Toutatis (fr), rogntudju (fr), sacrebleu (fr), sambleu (fr), scrogneugneu (fr), têtebleu (fr), tubleu (fr), ventrebleu (fr), vertubleu (fr)

Christianity: moral virtue

Bulgarian: добродетел (bg) f (dobrodetel)
Finnish: hyvyys (fi)
Middle English: goodnesse
Russian: доброде́тель (ru) f (dobrodételʹ)

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Translations to be checked

Cebuano: ^{(please verify)} kaayo
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} باشی (başî), ^{(please verify)} چاکە (çake)

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