Antonyms for whence
ʰwɛns, wɛnswhence

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1. whenceadverb

   Antonyms:
   whither

2. whenceconjunction

   From where.

   Whence came I?

   Antonyms:
   whither

3. whenceconjunction

   Antonyms:
   whither

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1. whence

   Therefore, signifying for that (or this) reason, is the most precise and formal word for expressing the direct conclusion of a chain of reasoning; then carries a similar but slighter sense of inference, which it gives incidentally rather than formally; as, "All men are mortal; Cæsar is a man; therefore Cæsar is mortal;" or, "The contract is awarded; then there is no more to be said." Consequently denotes a direct result, but more frequently of a practical than a theoretic kind; as, "Important matters demand my attention; consequently I shall not sail to-day." Consequently is rarely used in the formal conclusions of logic or mathematics, but marks rather the freer and looser style of rhetorical argument. Accordingly denotes correspondence, which may or may not be consequence; it is often used in narration; as, "The soldiers were eager and confident; accordingly they sprang forward at the word of command." Thence is a word of more sweeping inference than therefore, applying not merely to a single set of premises, but often to all that has gone before, including the reasonable inferences that have not been formally stated. Wherefore is the correlative of therefore, and whence of hence or thence, appending the inference or conclusion to the previous statement without a break. Compare synonyms for BECAUSE.

   Synonyms:
   accordingly, because, consequently, hence, then, thence, therefore, wherefore

Princeton's WordNet

1. whenceadverb

   from what place, source, or cause

How to use whence in a sentence?

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

   . . . .When I am, as it were, completely myself, entirely alone, and of good cheer - say traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep - it is on such occasions that my ideas flow best, and most abundantly. Whence and how they come, I know not, nor can I force them...

2. James Arthur Baldwin:

   Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.

3. Niccolo Machiavelli:

   He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.

4. Socrates:

   If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

5. Jean Paul Friedrich Richter:

   Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.

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