Sufficiency

SUFFI'CIENCY, noun The state of being adequate to the end proposed.

His sufficiency is such, that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted.

1. Qualification for any purpose.

I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others.

2. Competence; adequate substance or means.

An elegant sufficiency content.

3. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.

4. Ability; adequate power.

Our sufficiency is of God. [[2 Corinthians 3#5|2 Corinthians 3:5]].

5. Conceit; self-confidence. [See [[Self-sufficiency]].]