Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or character of being single, in any sense of the word.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity.
  • noun Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable The property of being single.
  • noun countable The result or product of being single.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun without hypocrisy
  • noun the quality of concentrating on one central objective

Etymologies

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From single +‎ -ness

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