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goodness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of goodness

conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong

a person of such unaffected goodness that his friends were inspired to lead better lives

Synonyms of goodness

character, decency, honesty, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness

Words Related to goodness

high-mindedness, honor, incorruptibility, irreproachability, irreproachableness, right-mindedness, scrupulosity, scrupulousness

appropriateness, correctness, decorousness, decorum, etiquette, fitness, propriety, seemliness

Near Antonyms of goodness

impropriety, indecency, indecorum, indiscretion

debauchery, degeneracy, degradation, depravity, perversion, pervertedness, sinfulness

crookedness, dishonesty, underhandedness, unscrupulousness

lowness, meanness, viciousness, vileness

Antonyms of goodness

badness, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, sin, villainy, wickedness

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