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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being essential.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being essential; the essential part.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The condition of being essential; a basic set of essential traits; being
  • noun An essential thing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun basic importance

Etymologies

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essential +‎ -ity

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