Definition of Nobleness

1. Noun. The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct.

Exact synonyms: Grandeur, Magnanimousness, Nobility
Generic synonyms: Honorableness, Honourableness
Specialized synonyms: High-mindedness, Idealism, Noble-mindedness, Sublimity
Attributes: Noble, Ignoble
Derivative terms: Magnanimous, Magnanimous, Noble

Definition of Nobleness

1. n. The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness.

Definition of Nobleness

1. Noun. The quality or state of being noble; nobility or grandeur ¹

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Definition of Nobleness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nobleness

nobility
noble
noble-minded
noble-mindedness
noble cane
noble eightfold path
noble element
noble gas
noble gases
noble metal
noble metals
noble rot
nobleite
nobleman
noblemen
nobleness
noblenesses
nobler
nobles
nobless
noblesse
noblesse oblige
noblesses
noblest
noblewoman
noblewomen
nobley
nobleye
nobleys
nobly

Literary usage of Nobleness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"BE NOBLE ! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own; Then wilt thou see it gleam in many ..."

2. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"BE NOBLE ! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own; Then wilt thou see it gleam in many ..."

3. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Frank Martindale Webster, George Wiley Sherburn, Howard Mumford Jones (1918)
""FOR THIS TRUE Nobleness I SEEK IN VAIN" "For this true nobleness I seek in vain, ... BE NOBLE! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, ..."

4. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Wiley Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster (1918)
""FOR THIS TRUE Nobleness I SEEK IN VAIN" "For this true nobleness I seek in vain, ... BE NOBLE ! and the nobleness that lies In other men. sleeping, ..."

5. Select Discourses by John Smith, Simon Patrick, John Worthington (1821)
"The nobleness of religion in regard of its properties, &c. of which this is ... V. The third property or effect discovering the nobleness of religion, riz. ..."

6. The Growth and Influence of Classical Greek Poetry: Lectures Delivered in by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1894)
"Then thirdly, nobleness. Homer's manner is Nobleness. noble, whatever the subject may be, as he is always also simple and unconstrained ; and here the snare ..."

7. The Poets of Transcendentalism: An Anthology by George Willis Cooke (1903)
"TRUE Nobleness " FOR this true nobleness I seek in vain, In woman and in man I find it not ... Be noble! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, ..."

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