competence (n.)
- ability
- ableness
- absolutism
- address
- adeptness
- adequacy
- adequateness
- adroitness
- airmanship
- appropriateness
- artfulness
- artisanship
- artistry
- authority
- bravura
- brilliance
- caliber
- capability
- capableness
- capacity
- cleverness
- command
- competency
- condition
- control
- coordination
- craft
- craftsmanship
- cunning
- deftness
- dexterity
- dextrousness
- diplomacy
- efficacy
- efficiency
- enough
- expertise
- facility
- faculty
- finesse
- fitness
- flair
- genius
- grace
- grip
- handiness
- horsemanship
- ingeniousness
- ingenuity
- know-how
- legitimacy
- marksmanship
- mastership
- mastery
- maturity
- might
- minimum
- power
- preparedness
- prerogative
- proficiency
- prowess
- qualification
- quickness
- readiness
- resource
- resourcefulness
- right
- ripeness
- satisfaction
- satisfactoriness
- savoir-faire
- savvy
- seamanship
- seasoning
- skill
- skillfulness
- style
- sufficiency
- suitability
- suitableness
- susceptibility
- tact
- tactfulness
- talent
- technique
- tempering
- timing
- trim
- virtuosity
- wit
- wizardry
- workmanship
competence (adv.)
Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense,
Lie in three words,—health, peace, and competence.
