'Whiteness' definitions:

Definition of 'whiteness'

(from WordNet)
noun
The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) [syn: white, whiteness] [ant: black, blackness, inkiness]
noun
The state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil [syn: purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness]
noun
Lightness or fairness of complexion; "only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering"

Definition of 'Whiteness'

From: GCIDE
  • Whiteness \White"ness\, n. [AS. hw[imac]tness.]
  • 1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. "The whiteness in thy cheek." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. [1913 Webster]
  • He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Nakedness. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Zool.) A flock of swans. [1913 Webster]

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