WHOLENESS Definition & Meaning

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wholeness

[ hohl-nis ]

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noun

soundness, health, or well-being in body, mind, soul, or spirit:
Shalom is a sense of contentment, wholeness, and harmony.
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.
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.
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.

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Origin of wholeness¹

First recorded before 1000; whole ( def ) + -ness ( def )

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We are called upon to speak up, take a stance, and rise up with integrity in our wholeness.

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Buzzing with the high of a collective response, with the feeling of wholeness.

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“They could build a different kind of two that would allow them to find a wholeness within and outside themselves without resorting to such betrayals, such lies, such affairs.”

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Cancro preaches embracing wholeness — in other words, health, happiness and belonging — while on the road.

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There are all of these things that are telling us to to look outward for that wholeness when I think it should be inward.

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