heart-whole
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Adjective (1)
- with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion“heart-whole friendship”“gave wholehearted support to her candidacy”“wholehearted commitment”“demonstrated his whole-souled allegiance”Synonyms: wholeheartedwhole-souledOpposite insincereSimilar sincere
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Heart′-whole′ (härt′hōl′), adjective
Origin: See Whole.
1. Having the heart or affections free; not in love. William Shakespeare
2. With unbroken courage; undismayed.
3. Of a single and sincere heart; with unconditional commitment or unstinting devotion; as, heart-whole friendship. [wns=1] Syn. — wholehearted. [ + ]
If he keeps heart-whole towards his Master.— John Bunyan
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5