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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1. 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.

2. Omar Khayym:

   Into this Universe, and Why not knowing Nor Whence, like Water, willy-nilly flowing And out of it, as Wind along the Waste, I know not Wither, willy-nilly blowing.

3. Machiavelli:

   I have often thought that the cause of men?s good or ill fortune depends on whether they make their actions fit with the times. A man having prospered by one mode of acting can never be persuaded that it may be well for him to act differently, whence it is that a man?s Fortune varies, because she changes her times and he does not his ways.

4. Benjamin Franklin:

   Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

5. Omar Khayyám:

   Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.