Dearness

Dear′ness

,

Noun.

1.

The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price.

The

dearness

of corn.

Swift.

2.

Fondness; preciousness; love; tenderness.

The

dearness

of friendship.

Bacon.

, n.

dearness ‎(usually uncountable, plural dearnesses)

The quality of having great value or price.
- Jeremy Taylor
  But brothers pass not into noble friendships upon the stock of that relation: they have fair dispositions and advantages, and are more easy and ready to ferment into the greatest dearnesses, if all things else be answerable.

quality of having great value