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† ˈbonity Obs.
[ad. L. bonitas ‘goodness’, which it has been formed to represent in the original sense, no longer present in the living representative F. bonté, Eng. bounty.]
Goodness.
1585R. Parsons Chr. Exerc. ii. iii. 295 Bonitie, in hurting no man. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. x. §3 (1622) 304 He is..a Super-good..as surpassing all other Bonitie. a1670Hacket Cent. Serm. 797 The inherent bonity which is in our works. 1790B. Martin Bibl. Techn. xi. 194 Goodness or Bonity is defined to be the Convenience or Agreement of things with the Law and Standard of their Nature. |