Category:Goodness

Good"ness, n. Etym: [AS. g.]

Defn: 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.

-- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

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.