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What is the noun for staleness?

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stale
  1. (falconry, hunting, obsolete) A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
  2. (obsolete) Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
  3. (crime, obsolete) An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
  4. (obsolete) a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
  5. (obsolete) A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
  6. (hunting, obsolete) Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
stale
  1. (military, obsolete) A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
  2. (chess, uncommon) A stalemate; a stalemated game.
  3. (military, obsolete) An ambush.
  4. (obsolete) A band of armed men or hunters.
  5. (Scotland, military, obsolete) The main force of an army.
stale
  1. A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
  2. (dialectal) The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
  3. (botany) The stem of a plant.
  4. The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
staleness
  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being stale.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being stale.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Would it also remove the staleness that can grip a league in which teams can meet each other up to seven times in a season?”
      “They will not only impart a nice fragrance but will also help to eliminate mustiness and staleness.”
      “Even if you toast stale bread in an attempt to disguise the staleness, it's still stale.”
stale
  1. (colloquial) Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
stale
  1. (livestock, obsolete) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
staling
  1. (food industry) The process whereby bread goes stale.
stalenesses
stales
  1. plural of stale
  2. Examples:
    1. “And after a while, after the novelty has worn off and the newness stales, this once secret entity becomes common, and reluctantly accepted.”
      “Like vnto the fowlers, that by their stales draw other birdes into their nets.”
      “The major reason that bread stales is not moisture loss, but rather a process called retrogradation, in which the starch molecules in the bread crystallize.”
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