darkness
The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
Any space that such colour pervades.
Gloom; gloominess; depression.
The product of being dark.
Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.
Secrecy; concealment.
Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.
Nothingness, vanity, emptiness.
Hell.
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