Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-MOTE'NESS, n.

1. State of being distant in space or time; distance; as, the remoteness of a kingdom or of a star; the remoteness of the deluge from our age; the remoteness of a future event, of an evil or of success.
2. Distance in consanguinity or affinity.
3. Distance in operation or efficiency; as, the remoteness of causes.
4. Slightness; smallness; as, remoteness of resemblance.