Forcefulness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The character of being forceful.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. physical energy or intensity.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The characteristic or quality of being forceful
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. physical energy or intensity
  • Word Usage
    "Vindication, according to Thomas Aquinas the translation of vindicatio as 'vengeance' is not particularly good, but it does a little better than 'vindication' at indicating the forcefulness the Latin word conveys, is an important virtue associated with justice."