darkness

noun10

1. •
   the lack of light that makes it hard or impossible to see

   • The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.
2. •
   Any space that such colour pervades.

   • Out of the darkness came some flickers of light.
3. •
   Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.

   • And now, the prophecy. One will come, the voice from the outer world, bringing the holy war, the jihad, which will cleanse the universe and bring us out of darkness. — 1984
4. •
   Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.

   • It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. — 1899
5. •
   Gloom; gloominess; depression.
6. •
   The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.

   • The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.
7. •
   Secrecy; concealment.
8. •
   Hell.
9. •
   Nothingness, vanity, emptiness.

   • My own dim life should teach me this, ⁠That life shall live for evermore, ⁠Else earth is darkness at the core, And dust and ashes all that is; […] — 1850
10. •
    The product of being dark.