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[syn: entirety, entireness, integrality, totality]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Entirety \En*tire"ty\, n.; pl. Entireness. [OF. entieret['e].
Cf. Integrity.]
1. The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of
interest. --Blackstone.
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2. That which is entire; the whole. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Entireness \En*tire"ness\, n.
1. The state or condition of being entire; completeness;
fullness; totality; as, the entireness of an arch or a
bridge.
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This same entireness or completeness. --Trench.
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2. Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty. [R.]
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Entireness in preaching the gospel. --Udall.
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3. Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or
close association. [Obs.]
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True Christian love may be separated from
acquaintance, and acquaintance from entireness.
--Bp. Hall.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
entireness
n 1: the state of being total and complete; "he read the article
in its entirety"; "appalled by the totality of the
destruction" [syn: entirety, entireness, integrality,
totality]