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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black);
[syn: white, whiteness]

2. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil;
[syn: purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness]

3. lightness or fairness of complexion;
- Example: "only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

whiteness n 1: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) [syn: white, whiteness] [ant: black, blackness, inkiness] 2: the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil [syn: purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness] 3: lightness or fairness of complexion; "only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering"