Synonyms 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

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1. whenceadjective

   Synonyms:
   from what place

2. whenceadjective

   Synonyms:
   from what cause, from what source, how

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How to use whence in a sentence?

1. Jean Paul Friedrich Richter:

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

2. George Mac Donald:

   He took his key. It turned in the lock to the sounds of Aeolian music. A door opened upon slow hinges, and disclosed a winding stair within. The key vanished from his fingers. Tangle went up. Mossy followed. The door closed behind them. They climbed out of the earth; and, still climbing, rose above it. They were in the rainbow. Far abroad, over ocean and land, they could see through ours transparent walls the earth beneath their get. Stairs beside stairs wound up together, and beautiful beings of all ages climbed along with them. They knew that they were going up to the country whence the shadows fall And by this time I think they must have got there.

3. Joseph Conrad:

   Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.

4. Niccolo Machiavelli:

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

5. Aristotle:

   Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a state might be composed of slaves, or the animal creation... nor is it an alliance mutually to defend each other from injuries, or for a commercial intercourse. But whosoever endeavors to establish wholesome laws in a state, attends to the virtues and vices of each individual who composes it; from whence it is evident, that the first care of him who would found a city, truly deserving that name, and not nominally so, must be to have his citizens virtuous.