1. • noun - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
   • noun - any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
   • noun - the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
   • noun - a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
2. • The intrinsic or indispensable properties that serve to characterize or identify something.
   • The most important ingredient; the crucial element.
   • The inherent, unchanging nature of a thing or class of things.
   • An extract that has the fundamental properties of a substance in concentrated form.
   • Such an extract in a solution of alcohol.
   • A perfume or scent.
   • One that has or shows an abundance of a quality as if highly concentrated: a neighbor who is the essence of hospitality.
   • Something that exists, especially a spiritual or incorporeal entity.
3. • n - a fundamental nature or quality

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