Entry Word: darkness

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a time or place of little or no light <the raiding party snuck up under cover of darkness> — see dark 1
2 the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning <the darkness of certain passages in the book of Revelation> — see obscurity 1
3 the time from sunset to sunrise when there is no visible sunlight <letʼs wait for darkness before telling ghost stories> — see night 1