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excellence

noun

  1. quality of being excellent
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɛksələns/

name

  1. A title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English excellence, from Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.

  1. The quality of being excellent; brilliance

    John Davies was awarded for excellence in the field of computer security.

  2. Something in which one excels.
  3. An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.