fitness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being suitable
    fittingness.
    • they had to prove their fitness for the position
  2. noun good physical condition; being in shape or in condition
    physical fitness.
  3. noun fitness to traverse the seas
    seaworthiness.
  4. noun the quality of being qualified

WordNet

Fit"ness noun
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.

Webster 1913