singleness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun without hypocrisy
    straightforwardness.
    • the singleness of his motives could not be questioned
  2. noun the quality of concentrating on one central objective
    • his singleness of purpose

WordNet


Sin"gle*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity.
  2. Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart.

Webster 1913