the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Quality or state of being recent.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state or quality of being recent; newness; freshness; recency; lateness of origin or occurrence: as, the recentness of alluvial land; the recentness of news or of events.
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n. a time immediately before the present
n. the property of having happened or appeared not long ago
Word Usage
"But first, in order that this colossal adventure may be fully grasped, the recentness and the remoteness of Alaska must be emphasized."