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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fitness \Fit"ness\, noun The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fitness
noun
1: the condition of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position" [syn: {fittingness}] [ant: {unfitness}]
2: good physical condition; being in shape or in condition [syn: {physical fitness}, {good shape}, {good condition}] [ant: {unfitness}]
3: fitness to traverse the seas [syn: {seaworthiness}]
4: the quality of being qualified
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "fitness": Hygeia, ability, ableness, acceptability, account, adequacy, admissibility, advantage, advantageousness, advisability, applicability, appositeness, appropriateness, aptitude, aptness, auspiciousness, becomingness, beneficialness, bloom, caliber, capability, capableness, capacity, chargedness, civility, competence, competency, condition, convenience, correctitude, correctness, criticality, crucialness, decencies, decency, decorousness, decorum, desirability, efficacy, efficiency, eligibility, eligible, emotional health, expedience, expediency, facility, faculty, favorableness, feasibility, felicitousness, felicity, fettle, fine fettle, fittedness, fittingness, flair, flush, fruitfulness, genius, genteelness, gentility, glow, good shape, goodness, happiness, harmony, health, healthiness, kilter, loadedness, mastery, maturity, meetness, mental health, niceness, normality, normativeness, opportuneness, order, percentage, pertinence, physical condition, physical fitness, politicness, pregnancy, preparedness, proficiency, profit, profitability, properness, propitiousness, proprieties, propriety, prudence, qualification, readiness, relevance, repair, righteousness, rightness, ripeness, rosiness, salubriousness, salubrity, seasonableness, seasoning, seemliness, service, serviceability, shape, sufficiency, suitability, suitableness, suitedness, susceptibility, talent, tempering, the goods, the stuff, timeliness, tone, trim, urbanity, use, usefulness, utility, vigor, well-being, what it takes, wholesomeness, wisdom, worthiness, worthwhileness
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