Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FIT'NESS
FIT'NESS, n.
- Suitableness; adaptedness; adaptation; as, the fitness of things to their use.
- Propriety; meetness; justness; reasonableness; as, the fitness of measures or laws.
- Preparation; qualification; as, a student's fitness for college.
- Convenience; the state of being fit.
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