The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.
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.
Any space that such colour pervades.
Out of the darkness came some flickers of light.
From Middle English derknesse, from Old English deorcnes; equivalent to dark + -ness.
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