Whiteness

2 definitions found

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

  Whiteness \White"ness\, n. [AS. hw[imac]tness.]
     1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or
        freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
        --Chaucer.
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     2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror,
        grief, etc. "The whiteness in thy cheek." --Shak.
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     3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.
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              He had kept
              The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him
              wept.                                 --Byron.
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     4. Nakedness. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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     5. (Zool.) A flock of swans.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whiteness
       n : the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest
           lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) [syn:
           {white}] [ant: {black}]