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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The state or quality of being near; – used in the various senses of the adjective.

Noun.

Closeness; small distance. The nearness of a place to a market enhances the value of lands.

Close alliance by blood; propinquity; as the nearness of brothers and sisters, parents and children.

Close union by affection; intimacy of friendship.

Parsimony; closeness in expenses.

nearness ‎(usually uncountable, plural nearnesses)

proximity — see proximity