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WHITENESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

Synonyms:

white; whiteness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("whiteness" is a kind of...):

achromatic color; achromatic colour (a color lacking hue; white or grey or black)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whiteness"):

alabaster (a very light white)

bleach (the whiteness that results from removing the color from something)

bone; ivory; off-white; pearl (a shade of white the color of bleached bones)

chalk (a pure flat white with little reflectance)

frostiness; hoariness (a silvery-white color)

Derivation:

white (being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lightness or fairness of complexion

Example:

only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("whiteness" is a kind of...):

complexion; skin color; skin colour (the coloring of a person's face)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

Synonyms:

innocence; pureness; purity; sinlessness; whiteness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("whiteness" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whiteness"):

cleanness (without moral defects)

Derivation:

white (free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied)

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