Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Darkness

Darkness , noun

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
Collocations (1)
Prince of darkness , the Devil; Satan. In the power of the Prince of darkness. — Locke