NAKEDNESS, noun 1. Want of covering or clothing; nudity; bareness. 2. Want of means of defense. Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land are ye come. Genesis 42:9. 3. Plainness; openness to view. To uncover nakedness in Scripture, is to have incestuous or unlawful commerce with a female.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI