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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|soundenes}}, {{m|enm|soundnes}}, from {{inh|en|ang|*sundnes}}, {{m|ang|*ġesundnes}} (attested in {{m|ang|onsundnes}}), from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sundnassī|t=soundness, health}}; equivalent to {{suf|en|sound|ness}}. Cognate with {{cog|fy|sûnens|t=soundness, health}}, {{cog|gml|suntnisse|t=soundness, health}}, {{cog|gmh|suntnisse|t=soundness, health}}, {{cog|de|Gesundnis|t=health}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The state or quality of being [[sound]].
# {{lb|en|countable}} The result or product of being [[sound]].
# {{lb|en|logic}} The property (of an [[argument]]) of not only being [[valid]], but also of having true [[premise]]s.
# {{lb|en|logic}} The property of a logical [[theory]] that whenever a [[wff]] is a [[theorem]] then it must also be [[valid]]. Symbolically, letting ''T'' represent a theory within logic ''L'', this can be represented as the property that whenever <math> T \vdash \varphi</math> is true, then <math> T \vDash \varphi</math> must also be true, for any wff ''&phi;'' of logic ''L''.

====Quotations====
* {{RQ:King James Version|Isaiah|1|6|passage=From the ſole of the foote, euen vnto the head, there is no '''ſoundnesse''' in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying ſores: they haue not beene closed, neither bound vp, neither mollified with oyntment.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|the state or quality of being sound}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|folláine|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|heilskap|m}}, {{t|nn|traustleik|m}}, {{t|nn|rettkomenskap|m}}, {{t|nn|rettvise|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|trăinicie|f}}, {{t+|ro|soliditate|f}}, {{t+|ro|robustețe|f}}
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{{trans-top|the result or product of being sound}}
* Norwegian:
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|heilskap|m}}, {{t|nn|traustleik|m}}, {{t|nn|rettkomenskap|m}}, {{t|nn|rettvise|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|soliditate|f}}
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{{trans-top|the property of logical theory}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|completesa}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|completitud|f}}
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