SUFFI'CIENCY, n. 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 Cor.3.5. Conceit; self-confidence. [See Self-sufficiency.]
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