GEN'UINENESS, noun The state of being native, or of the true original; hence, freedom from adulteration or foreign admixture; freedom from any thing false or counterfeit; purity; reality; as the genuineness of Livy's history; the genuineness of faith or repentance.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.