(n.) The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.

access accession accord accordance addition adjunct advance advent affairs affiliation affinity afflux affluxion agreement alikeness alliance analogy aping approach approaching appropinquation approximation appulse assemblage assimilation association avarice bond cheapness chumminess closefistedness closeness combination coming coming near coming toward community comparability comparison confinement conformity connectedness connection contiguity contrariety copying correspondence crowdedness dealings deduction disjunction familiarity filiation flowing toward forthcoming hair hairbreadth hairsbreadth hardfistedness hoarding homology identity illiberality imitation imminence incapaciousness incommodiousness inseparableness intercourse intimacy intimate acquaintance junction liaison likeness likening limitation link linkage linking mateyness metaphor mimicking miserliness mutual attraction narrow gauge narrowness nearing oncoming palliness parallelism parity penny-pinching propinquity proximation proximity rapport relatedness relation relations relationship resemblance restrictedness restriction sameness semblance similarity simile similitude simulation slenderness special affinity stinginess straitness strictness sympathy tie tie-in tight purse strings tight squeeze tightfistedness tightness ungenerosity union