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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Examples
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That thing we call singleness of heart and mind is a dread thing to behold.
SERIAL 9: Kondo Katsusaburo among Taiwan's Atayal/Sedeq peoples, 1896 to 1930 Michael Turton 2008
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That thing we call singleness of heart and mind is a dread thing to behold.
Archive 2008-12-01 Michael Turton 2008
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They would be obedient and respectful to their officers; friendly, kind, and at peace one with another; would perform their duties, "not with eye-service; as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing GOD."
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I have emancipated myself from that so far I have reason to consider false; - I am able to have faith in singleness of motive, and to tread under foot all temptations to expediency.
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Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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The poem makes a point that Michael had not passed his days in singleness.
'Put to the Blush': Romantic Irregularities and Sapphic Tropes 2006
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Once my singleness was the butt of someone's lighthearted joke he honestly didn't mean it and I wound up leaving the room and sobbing on the bed for like an hour even though I normally don't mind being single and can joke about myself or tease other couples and things.
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Someday, I think she's going to see my long-term singleness as a selfish thing to not give her grandchildren.
The End of an Ordeal - sidewinder 2002
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What holds the earth swinging in space is first, the great dynamic attraction to the sun, and then counterposing assertion of independence, singleness, which is polarized in the moon.
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And this our blessed Saviour, with admirable emphasis and significance of expression, calls the singleness of the eye, in the verse immediately before the text.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. II. 1634-1716 1823
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