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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Entireness \En*tire"ness\, n. 1. The state or condition of being entire; completeness; fullness; totality; as the entireness of an arch or a bridge. This same entireness or completeness. --Trench. 2. Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty. [R.] Entireness in preaching the gospel. --Udall. 3. Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or close association. [Obs.] True Christian love may be separated from acquaintance, and acquaintance from entireness. --Bp. Hall. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Entirety \En*tire"ty\, n.; pl {Entireness}. [OF. entieret['e]. Cf {Integrity}.] 1. The state of being entire; completeness; as entirely of interest. --Blackstone. 2. That which is entire; the whole. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: entireness n : the state of being total: "appalled by the totality of the destruction" [syn: {entirety}, {totality}]
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