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.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI