Entireness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              This same entireness or completeness. --Trench.
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     2. Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty. [R.]
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              Entireness in preaching the gospel.   --Udall.
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     3. Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or
        close association. [Obs.]
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              True Christian love may be separated from
              acquaintance, and acquaintance from entireness.
                                                    --Bp. Hall.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Entirety \En*tire"ty\, n.; pl. {Entireness}. [OF. entieret['e].
     Cf. {Integrity}.]
     1. The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of
        interest. --Blackstone.
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     2. That which is entire; the whole. --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  entireness
       n : the state of being total; "appalled by the totality of the
           destruction" [syn: {entirety}, {totality}]