excellence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The quality of being excellent; brilliance

   John Davies was awarded for excellence in the field of computer security.

2. 2
   noun

   the quality of excelling

3. 3
   noun

   an outstanding feature

4. 4
   noun

   Something in which one excels.

5. 5
   noun

   An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.

6. 6
   name

   A title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.

Etymology

From Middle English excellence, from Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.