"goodness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡʊdnəs/ Audio: en-us-goodness.ogg [US] Forms: goodness [singular], goodnesses [plural]
Etymology: good + -ness Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|good|ness}} good + -ness Head templates: {{noun|goodness|goodnesses}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Goodness is the quality of being good.
    Sense id: simple-goodness-en-noun-A~aYjxN1
  2. Goodness is the good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.
    Sense id: simple-goodness-en-noun-w-MZut2W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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