Readiness is a quality of being able or willing to do something. An athlete's readiness for the Olympics has to do with how warmed up she is, whether she's recovered from injuries, as well as her psychological state.
The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.
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prompt willingness; "readiness to continue discussions"
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a natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen
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(psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a particular way; "the subjects'' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set"
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the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them in readiness"; "their preparation was more than adequate"
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The state or quality of being ready; preparation;
promptness; aptitude; willingness.
Readiness
They received the word with all readiness of mind.
The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.
Usage Examples
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.
Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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Other Usage ExamplesLet us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.
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