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Definition

the defining or most important quality of something

or:

a extract that concentrates important qualities of something such as smell or taste

The cream also contains essence of rose.

essence = a extract that concentrates important qualities of something such as smell or taste

Time is of the essence in this contract.

of the essence = very important

To make things better, to enjoy each other's company, and to empathize are essence of humanity.

essence = most important qualities

She described the essence of chaos theory as "sensitive dependence on initial conditions."

essence = defining quality

There was only—spring itself; the throb of it, the light restlessness, the vital essence of it everywhere...
Willa Cather
This case, Tom Robinson's case, is something that goes to the essence of a man's conscience—Scout, I couldn't go to church and worship God if I didn't try to help that man.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

essence = the defining or most important aspect

When we drink small amounts of blood, we do not take any of a person's essence.
Darren Shan -- A Vampire's Assistant

essence = most important part (that is needed to be who they are)

What I have tried to do here was not to write everything, but in essence everything that was said.
Ernest J. Gaines -- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

essence = the defining or most important quality of something

or:

a extract that concentrates important qualities of something such as smell or taste

Bit by bit the dead cigar would disappear, to reappear some hours later as a flat slick mess, its essence extracted and mingling with Judge Taylor's digestive juices.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

essence = most important characteristic (in this case the flavor)

Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:12 (NLT)
The essence of the legislative authority is to enact laws...
Alexander Hamilton -- Federalist Papers
The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
Jane Addams
That is the essence of a witch-hunt, that any questioning of the evidence or the procedures in itself constitutes proof of complicity.
Bergen Evans
Their essence is not less beautiful than their appearance, though it needs finer organs for its apprehension.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Essays, First Series
She took the essence of our life stories and made them palatable and enjoyable for a youth and teen audience.
Sampon Davis, et. al. -- We Beat the Street
He had killed The Cat but, in essence, The Cat had escaped.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars
The tree itself looked perfectly fine, whole and healthy, suffused with the essence of the Golden Fleece.
Rick Riordan -- The Sea of Monsters
My dad has passed on to his boys the essence of what he is.
Phil Robertson -- Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
You'll remember the essence.
Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King
For a couple of minutes, you hear the essence of someone's story—the sort of wisdom that only comes from a life deeply lived.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II

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