'Sufficiency' definitions:

Definition of 'sufficiency'

(from WordNet)
noun
Sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"
noun
An adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country" [syn: enough, sufficiency]
noun
The quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" [syn: sufficiency, adequacy] [ant: deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency]

Definition of 'Sufficiency'

From: GCIDE
  • Sufficiency \Suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. sufficientia: cf. F. suffisance. See Suffice.]
  • 1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy. [1913 Webster]
  • His sufficiency is such that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity. [1913 Webster]
  • A substitute or most allowed sufficiency. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others. --Eikon Basilike. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Adequate substance or means; competence. "An elegant sufficiency." --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency. [1913 Webster]
  • Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sufficiency'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Sufficiency'