[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sufficiency \suffi"ciency\, n. l. sufficientia: cf. f.
   suffisance. see suffice.
   1. the quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to
      the end proposed; adequacy.
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            his sufficiency is such that he bestows and
            possesses, his plenty being unexhausted. --boyle.
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   2. qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
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            a substitute or most allowed sufficiency. --shak.
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            i am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not
            willingly to admit the counsel of others. --eikon
                                                  basilike.
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   3. adequate substance or means; competence. "an elegant
      sufficiency." --thomson.
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   4. supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
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   5. conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
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            sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance.
                                                  --sir w.
                                                  temple.
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see also:
suffice 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sufficiency
     n 1: sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet
          obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's
          sufficiency"
     2: an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to
        achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there
        is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"
        syn: enough
     3: the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he
        questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" syn: adequacy
        ant: insufficiency, insufficiency
see also:
enough adequacy insufficiency 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

37 moby thesaurus words for "sufficiency":
   ability, ableness, acceptability, adequacy, adequateness,
   admissibility, agreeability, caliber, capability, capableness,
   capacity, competence, efficacy, efficiency, facility, faculty,
   fairishness, fitness, flair, genius, goodishness, passableness,
   proficiency, qualification, satisfactoriness, sufficient,
   susceptibility, talent, tenability, the goods, the stuff,
   tolerability, tolerableness, unexceptionability,
   unobjectionability, viability, what it takes

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