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The quality of being connubial; something characteristics of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness. Some connubialities which had begun to pass between Mr. and Mrs. B. Dickens.

The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.

The quality of being conscionable; reasonableness. Johnson.

The state or quality of being consecutive.

The quality of being consequential.

Having the power or quality of conservation.

The quality of being conservative.

Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.

Serving to unite or consolidate; having the quality of consolidating or making firm.

The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or consistent.

The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuosness. [R.] Chapman.

The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from hange; stability; fixedness; immutabilitu; asm the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.

The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame.

Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing. Thomson.

Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect. "A man of perfect and consummate virtue." Addison. The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. Motley

Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption. Burke.

Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. Sharp. A long consumptive war. Addison.

Quality of being contagious.

The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness. Speed.

The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised.