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excellence [ exc·e·llence ]

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Noun

1. The quality of being outstanding or extremely good.

awards for excellence

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2. An outstanding feature or quality.

Certainly not in either of Pynchon's subsequent novels, Vineland and Mason & Dixon, each of which has its many excellences, but neither of which anyone is planning to take with them to the moon.

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Origin

1. Late Middle English from Latin excellentia, from the verb excellere ‘surpass’ (see excel).

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