- 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.
