excellence

Etymology

From Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.

noun

  1. The quality of being excellent; brilliance
    John Davies was awarded for excellence in the field of computer security.
  2. Something in which one excels.
  3. An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.

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