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Essence

/ˈesəns/

The fundamental nature or most important quality of something; the core that defines its character.

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It was a loss of essence.

Time is of the essence.

'But I deny them my life essence.'

Derived from Latin essentia, originating from the verb esse meaning to be, and entered the English language in the late Middle Ages.

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