darkness

darkness is a Noun

Definition:

[1] The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom. And darkness was upon the face of the deep. Gen. i. 2.

[2] A state of privacy; secrecy. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light. Matt. x. 27.

[3] A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity. Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John. iii. 19. Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out From all heaven`s bounds. Milton.

[4] Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.

[5] A state of distress or trouble. A day of clouds and of thick darkness. Joel. ii. 2. Prince of darkness, the Devil; Satan. "In the power of the Prince of darkness." Locke.