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Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun whiteness has 3 senses

1.  whiteness(n = noun.attribute) white - the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black);
is a kind of achromatic color, achromatic colour
has particulars: alabaster, bleach, bone, ivory, off-white, pearl, chalk, frostiness, hoariness
Derived form adjective white1

2.  whiteness(n = noun.state) innocence, pureness, purity, sinlessness - the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil;
is a kind of condition, status
has particulars: cleanness
Derived form adjective white3

3.  whiteness(n = noun.attribute) - lightness or fairness of complexion; "only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering"
is a kind of
complexion, skin color, skin colour


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

whiteness, n. [AS. hwītness.].

1.  The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2.  Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.  Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. [1913 Webster]
"He had kept
The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept.
" [1913 Webster]

4.  Nakedness. Chapman. [1913 Webster]

5.  A flock of swans. [1913 Webster]


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Whiteness

N  whiteness, argent, albification, etiolation, lactescence, snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster, albata, eburin, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate, titanium oxide, blanc fixe, ceruse, pearl white, white lead, carbonate of lead, white, milk-white, snow-white, snowy, niveous, candid, chalky, hoar, hoary, silvery, argent, argentine, canescent, cretaceous, lactescent, whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond, blanched, high in tone, light, white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver, like ivory.