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I . goodness [ˈgʊdnɪs] N no pl

1. goodness (moral virtue):

goodness
доброта́ f
goodness
великоду́шие nt

2. goodness (kindness):

goodness
доброжела́тельность

3. goodness (quality):

goodness
хоро́шее ка́чество

II . goodness [ˈgʊdnɪs] INTERJ

honest-to-goodness [ˈɒnɪsttəˈgʊdnɪs, Am ˈɑ:nɪst-] ADJ

Usage examples with goodness

thank goodness!
сла́ва Бо́гу!
goodness knows
Бог его́ зна́ет
for goodness' sake
ра́ди Бо́га!
goodness gracious (me)! (surprise)
Го́споди!
for goodness sake!
ра́ди Бо́га!
to wish [or to hope] to goodness
моли́ться за

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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His nanny, a noble woman who practiced non-judgmental goodness, led a life marked by joy and hope.
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Internal reward is generated by oneself when helping, for example, sense of goodness and self-satisfaction.
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Some of them are good men, but in the name of goodness, they cause most of the suffering in the world.
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Life itself is the blossoming of love, and love is the basis of goodness and happiness.
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Goodness, he believed, came more from practice and discipline than from innate human nature.
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He is respected by the people and aims to keep the land in harmony with the power of goodness.
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Some even define goodness and intrinsic value as the experience of pleasure, and bad as the experience of pain.
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Smith expresses thoughts on a variety of topics ranging from the innate goodness of mankind to then current literature.
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Thank goodness she got kicked out of college.
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Among the transcendentalists' core beliefs was the inherent goodness of both people and nature.
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