Dictionary definition · closeness
noun
- a feeling of being intimate and belonging together"their closeness grew as the night wore on"
- the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
- the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance"the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
- extreme stinginess
- characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
- close or warm friendship"the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).