Tra từ goodness - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. good·ness BrE [ˈɡʊdnəs] NAmE [ˈɡʊdnəs] noun uncountable
1. the quality of being good
•the essential goodness of human nature
•evidence of God's goodness
• (formal)At least have the goodness (= good manners) to look at me when I'm talking to you.
2. the part of sth that has a useful effect on sb/sth, especially sb's health
•These vegetables have had all the goodness boiled out of them.
•Branches pruned from the trees are shredded so the goodness goes back into the soil.
more at to God/goodness/Heaven at ↑god, honest to God/goodness at ↑honest, God/goodness/Heaven knows at ↑know _v., thank God/goodness/Heaven(s) at ↑thank
Idioms: ↑Goodness gracious! ▪ ↑Goodness me! ▪ ↑Goodness! ▪ ↑My goodness! ▪ ↑out of the goodness of your heart

Word Origin:
[goodness] Old English gōdnes (see ↑good, ↑-ness).

Which Word?:
good / goodness
The noun good means actions and behaviour that are morally right. You can talk about a person doing good: ▪ The charity does a lot of good. ◇ ▪ the difference between good and evil.
Goodness is the quality of being good. You can talk about a person’s goodness: ▪ Her goodness shone through.

Example Bank:
•We like to think that goodness exists in everyone.

▪ II. to ˈGod/ˈgoodness/ˈHeaven idiom
used after a verb to emphasize a particular hope, wish, etc.
•I wish to God you'd learn to pay attention! Some people find this use offensive.
Main entry: ↑god_idiom