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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WHITENESS, n.
1. The state of being white; white color, or freedom from any darkness or obscurity on the surface.
2. Paleness; want of a sanguineous tinge in the face.
3. Purity; cleanness; freedom from stain or blemish.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) [syn: white, whiteness] [ant: black, blackness, inkiness]
2: the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil [syn: purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness]
3: lightness or fairness of complexion; "only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering"

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: before 12th century 1. the quality or state of being white: as a. white color b. pallor, paleness c. freedom from stain ; cleanness 2. white substance

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see white