vitality

Noun
Synonyms: verveenergyvimlife forcevital forceelan vitalanimation

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. an energetic styleSynonyms: verve
  2. a healthy capacity for vigorous activity“jogging works off my excess energy”“he seemed full of vim and vigor”Synonyms: energyvim
  3. (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organismsSynonyms: life forcevital forceelan vital
  4. the property of being able to survive and grow“the vitality of a seed”Synonyms: animation
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Vitality \Vi*tal"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [L. vitalitas: cf. F. vitalit['e].] The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an enterprise. [1913 Webster]
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