SUFFI'CIENCY, noun The state of being adequate to the end proposed.
His sufficiency is such, that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted.
1. Qualification for any purpose.
I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others.
2. Competence; adequate substance or means.
An elegant sufficiency content.
3. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
4. Ability; adequate power.
Our sufficiency is of God. 2 Corinthians 3:5.
5. Conceit; self-confidence. [See Self-sufficiency.]