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[ noun ] that which is good or valuable or useful
Synonyms Examples : "weigh the good against the bad" "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization" Used in print (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)But neither was the statement empirical , for goodness was not a quality like red or squeaky that could be seen or heard . He holds that goodness and badness lie_in feelings of approval or disapproval . If goodness and badness lie_in attitudes only and hence are brought into being by them , those men who greeted death and misery with childishly merry laughter are taking the only sensible line . On_the_other_hand , to greet them with delight would convert what before was neutral into something good ; it would bring goodness into the world . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)Mike remained in trance ; there was much to grok , loose_ends to puzzle_over and fit into his growing - all that he had seen and heard and been at the Archangel_Foster_Tabernacle ( not just cusp when he and Digby had come face_to_face alone ) - why Bishop_Senator_Boone made him warily uneasy , how Miss_Dawn_Ardent tasted like a water_brother when she was not , the smell of goodness he had incompletely grokked in the jumping_up_and_down and wailing - Related terms bad bad quality benefit wisdom better optimum better desirability worthiness |
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[ noun ] moral excellence or admirableness
Synonyms Examples : "there is much good to be found in people" Related terms evil evil morality virtue benignity kindness saintliness summum_bonum virtue beneficence good |
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