wholeness
Americannoun
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soundness, health, or well-being in body, mind, soul, or spirit.
Shalom is a sense of contentment, wholeness, and harmony.
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the state or condition of being not broken, injured, or damaged; intact condition.
It may help to maintain the durability and wholeness of your roof if you have an expert roofing contractor look at it every few years.
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the state of including the full amount or extent of something, or all parts of something, with nothing missing.
In this beautiful 18-karat rose-gold ring, the flower appears in all its wholeness, with stem, leaf, and blossom.
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the state or condition of being in one piece, without separation of parts.
Recognizing event, author, text, and reader, we see the narrative work in all its indivisible wholeness, while also understanding the diverse elements that make it up.
Etymology
Origin of wholeness
First recorded before 1000; whole ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Shalom, the Hebrew word for peace and wholeness, appears after a crisis in the Book of Numbers, and it is written with a break in its third letter in all Torah scrolls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It necessitates a wholeness from both parties, wherein two individuals take ownership and accountability over their own success and well-being.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
"They're getting that confidence, that self-assurance, they're getting that wholeness from themselves, and that's ultimately what's the most empowering."
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
“That’s because over time, any expression of any one local action gets stitched together and gives us our sense of conscious wholeness that we all experience.”
From Salon ● May 26, 2025
It is the irony of this story that the one who scared me witless to start with was the very same who brought me peace, purpose, I dare say even wholeness.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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