sadness

sadness is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] Heaviness; firmness. [Obs.]

[2] Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.] Her sadness and her benignity. Chaucer.

[3] Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection. Dim sadness did not spare That time celestial visages. Milton.

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