Ex"cel*lence (?), n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.] 1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.

Consider first that great
Or bright infers not excellence.

2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.

With every excellence refined.

3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency.

I do greet your excellence
With letters of commission from the king.

Syn. -- Superiority; preëminence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.

• The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
  
• Something in which one excels.
  
• An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
  

• A title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.