Noun
- 1. white, whiteness, achromatic color, achromatic colour
- usage: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
- 2. purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness, condition, status
- usage: the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
- 3. whiteness, complexion, skin color, skin colour
- usage: lightness or fairness of complexion; "only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering"
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