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Meaning of closeness

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  closeness
      n 1: a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their
           closeness grew as the night wore on" [syn: {closeness},
           {intimacy}]
      2: the quality of being close and poorly ventilated [syn:
         {stuffiness}, {closeness}]
      3: the spatial property resulting from a relatively small
         distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into
         action" [syn: {nearness}, {closeness}] [ant: {farawayness},
         {farness}, {remoteness}]
      4: extreme stinginess [syn: {meanness}, {minginess},
         {niggardliness}, {niggardness}, {parsimony},
         {parsimoniousness}, {tightness}, {tightfistedness},
         {closeness}]
      5: characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's
         actions or purposes) [syn: {closeness}, {secretiveness}]
         [ant: {nakedness}, {openness}]
      6: close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a
         mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" [syn:
         {familiarity}, {intimacy}, {closeness}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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