LIGHTNESS, n. li'teness. 1. Want of weight; levity; the contrary to heaviness; as the lightness of air, compared with water.2. Inconstancy; unsteadiness; the quality of mind which disposes it to be influenced by trifling considerations.- Such is the lightness of you common men.3. Levity; wantonness; lewdness; unchastity.4. Agility; nimbleness.
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