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• n  the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
• n  the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
• n  lightness or fairness of complexion
  only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering
• v  turn white

• But their whiteness has less to do with their familiarity with the MLA Handbook than an unrestrained admiration for blackness.
• There was an unmistakable whiteness and maleness to the first astronaut class.
• As he speaks, the whiteness comes alive.

• white
• purity
• pureness
• sinlessness
• innocence
• whiten

• black
• blacken

News & Articles

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• Folding Box Board features bright, durable, light construction.
  Incada Exel, more targeted for use as packaging board, will have improved stiffness and accommodates grammages over 300 g/m². Construction enables reduction of packaging weight while maintaining protection for contents. Also, odor and taste properties enable product to come under Robinson test's detection limit of 0.6. Whiteness is 120 on CIE scale. This story is related to the following ...
  June 12, 2013 - ThomasNet

Quotes

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• Bob Woodruff in Washington Post
  NEW YORK, Feb. 26 -- At the moment of impact, when the roadside bomb sent shrapnel and rocks hurtling into his face, Bob Woodruff says, "I saw my body floating below me, kind of a whiteness." "Am I alive?"
• Geoff Ogilvy in Boston Globe (registration)
  I just don't like the black and whiteness of the guaranteed one-shot penalty,Ogilvy said, then he paused, shrugged, and took a deep breath. "But as I said, I'm frustrated, so it's a bad time to interview a player."