as in integrity
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
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Recent Examples of goodness
Religious concepts like original sin remind us that people stray from the path of goodness as part of human nature.
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Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
And, by goodness, the magic works.
—New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
So even Socrates, in his defense of the intrinsic goodness of justice, emphasizes the crucial role played by visibility and the corrupting power of hiddenness and anonymity.
—Paul Rosenzweig, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
Here are details on the most luscious cups of peanut butter goodness and the grainy, too sweet peanut butter cups that don’t quite deliver.
—Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
And, by goodness, the magic works.
—New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
So even Socrates, in his defense of the intrinsic goodness of justice, emphasizes the crucial role played by visibility and the corrupting power of hiddenness and anonymity.
—Paul Rosenzweig, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
Here are details on the most luscious cups of peanut butter goodness and the grainy, too sweet peanut butter cups that don’t quite deliver.
—Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goodness
Noun
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles County Department of Building and Safety officials will need to assess the integrity of the building.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Amanda Askell's job is to try to teach Claude a sense of morality, or how to be good.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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The philosopher Aristotle wrote tomes on morality and human behavior.—
Tara Sonenshine,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2026
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The debate occurred during Socrates’s inquiry into human virtue, recounted in Plato’s Republic.—
Paul Rosenzweig,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2026
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Casting all the virtue and vice signaling on the political spectrum aside with his straightforward embrace of America, Bunny then gave viewers a geography lesson by listing the countries that make up the Americas.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2026
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That honesty was essential to the film.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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Moura inhabits the raw honesty of a man caught in the heart of authoritarianism, anchoring a timely, true-story-adjacent drama.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Goodness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goodness. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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