Definition of sufficiency

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Sufficiency (n.) Adequate substance or means; competence.

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Ability :: Ability (n.) The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent..
Sufficiency :: Sufficiency (n.) Adequate substance or means; competence.
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..
Autarchy :: Autarchy (n.) Self-sufficiency.
Scantness :: Scantness (n.) The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
Confidence :: Confidence (n.) The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often with self prefixed..
Distrust :: Distrust (n.) Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc..
Insufficiency :: Insufficiency (n.) The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc..
Enough :: Enough (interj.) An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough..
Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly..
Adequateness :: Adequateness (n.) The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.
Sufficient :: Sufficiency (n.) Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
Indicator :: Indicator (n.) That which indicates the condition of acidity, alkalinity, or the deficiency, excess, or sufficiency of a standard reagent, by causing an appearance, disappearance, or change of color, as in titration or volumetric analysis..
Insufficience :: Insufficience (n.) Insufficiency.
Plenty :: Plenty (a.) Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness..
Glut :: Glut (n.) Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market..
Self-sufficiency :: Self-sufficiency (n.) The quality or state of being self-sufficient.
Incompetency :: Incompetency (n.) The quality or state of being incompetent; want of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts..
Sufficiency :: Sufficiency (n.) Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
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