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Entireness

1. The state or condition of being entire; completeness; fullness; totality; as, the entireness of an arch or a bridge. This same entireness or completeness. (Trench)

2. Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty. Entireness in preaching the gospel. (Udall)

3. Oneness; unity; applied to a condition of intimacy or close association. True Christian love may be separated from acquaintance, and acquaintance from entireness. (bp. Hall)