Thesaurus: whiteness

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1. n. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
2. n. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc.
3. n. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
4. n. Nakedness.
5. n. A flock of swans.
6. n. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
7. n. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
8. n. lightness or fairness of complexion
9. 1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. Chaucer. 2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. "The whiteness in thy cheek." Shak. 3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. Byron. 4. Nakedness. [Obs.] Chapman. 5. (Zoöl.) A flock of swans.
10. n:100 n. lightness or fairness of complexion