Ripeness

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

  Ripeness \Ripe"ness\, n. [AS. r[imac]pness.]
     The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness;
     perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood;
     ripeness of judgment.
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           Time, which made them their fame outlive,
           To Cowley scarce did ripeness give.      --Denham.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ripeness
       n : the state of being ripe [ant: {greenness}]