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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOUND'NESS, n.
1. Wholeness; entireness; an unbroken, unimpaired or undecayed state; as the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, of a limb, etc.
2. An unimpaired state of an animal or vegetable body; a state in which the organs are entire and regularly perform their functions. We say, the soundness of the body, the soundness of the constitution, the soundness of health.
3. Firmness; strength; solidity; truth; as soundness of reasoning or argument, of doctrine or principles.
4. Truth; rectitude; firmness; freedom from error or fallacy; orthodoxy; as soundness of faith.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a state or condition free from damage or decay [ant: unsoundness]
2: the quality of being prudent and sensible [syn: wisdom, wiseness, soundness] [ant: unsoundness]
3: the muscle tone of healthy tissue; "his muscular firmness" [syn: firmness, soundness] [ant: unsoundness]

Merriam Webster's

noun see sound I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Soundness Sound"ness, n. The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith. Syn: Firmness; strength; solidity; healthiness; truth; rectitude.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Wholeness, entireness, integrity, entirety. 2. Healthiness, vigor. 3. Saneness, sanity. 4. Correctness, truth, rectitude, validity, orthodoxy. 5. Firmness, strength, solidity, validity, truth.

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