"Excellence" is a word in ENGLISH

Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things.

The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence.

The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.

The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.

Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality.

Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the …

In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or …

Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.

A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of …

The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence.

To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects …

Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, …

Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; …

The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence.

To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to …

The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; …

A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, …

To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify.

To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, …