English noun: whiteness |
1. | whiteness (attribute) the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) |
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| Synonyms | white |
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| Broader (hypernym) | achromatic color, achromatic colour |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | alabaster, bleach, bone, chalk, frostiness, hoariness, ivory, off-white, pearl |
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| Antonyms | black, blackness, inkiness |
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2. | whiteness (state) the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil |
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| Synonyms | innocence, pureness, purity, sinlessness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | condition, status |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cleanness |
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3. | whiteness (attribute) lightness or fairness of complexion |
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| Samples | Only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering.
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| Broader (hypernym) | complexion, skin color, skin colour |
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