Associations to the word «Excellence»

Wiktionary

EXCELLENCE, noun. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
EXCELLENCE, noun. Something in which one excels.
EXCELLENCE, noun. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
EXCELLENCE, proper noun. A title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.

Dictionary definition

EXCELLENCE, noun. The quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree.
EXCELLENCE, noun. An outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats