Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lateness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lateness \Late"ness\, n.
The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the
lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the
lateness of the season.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lateness
n : quality of coming late or later in time [ant: {earliness}]
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