Darkness. literal and figurative.

Darkness. literal and figurative.

Darkness, gloom. Also figurative. Now chiefly Scottish and poetic.

darkness.

Chiefly with the. The total or partial absence of light; a state or condition in which there is little or no light; darkness, esp. that of night.

Darkness. Also figurative: lack of spiritual enlightenment.

Intense darkness; (sometimes) spec. darkness caused by fog, smoke, etc. Frequently in murkness of (the) night. Also figurative.

Darkness (literal and figurative).

The total or partial absence of light; a state or condition in which there is little or no light. Also (esp. in early use) as a count noun…

Darkness, obscurity.

as n. Darkness. Obsolete. rare.

Absence of light (total or partial); darkness; dimness, indistinctness. Formerly (also): a dark place or spot; (Astronomy) a sunspot.

Darkness, obscurity.

The quality or condition of being obscure, unclear, or unknown; = obscurity, n.

Darkness. Obsolete.

Blackness, darkness. Obsolete.

darkness (in various senses); obscurity.

a darkish state, condition, or quality.

Chiefly poetic. Obscurity, darkness; the ‘outer darkness’; (as a count noun) an instance of this, a dark or obscure place or thing. Now rare.

transferred. Blackness, darkness.

The quality of being dark; darkness, material or mental.

Darkness.

A period of darkness, or in which darkness falls; the dark; nightfall.

Darkness; shadow; the absence or opposite of light.