Definition of Darkness

Darkness The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom. A state of privacy; secrecy. A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity. Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion. A state of distress or trouble. Related Definitions: Absence, As, Blackness, Clearness, Darkness, Discussion, Distress, Error, Especially, Gloom, Hence, Ignorance, Impurity, Light, Moral, Obscurity, Of, On, Or, Perspicuity, Privacy, Religious, Secrecy, State, Subject, The, Trouble, Want, Wickedness

Darkness Quotations Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King, Jr. Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. Martin Luther King, Jr. Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness. Mother Teresa To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education. Thomas Jefferson I say there is no darkness but ignorance. William Shakespeare There is no darkness but ignorance. William Shakespeare Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair. William Shakespeare A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. C. S. Lewis Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living. Helen Keller Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. Helen Keller

Darkness Translations darkness in Dutch is duister, duisternis, donker Darkness in German is Finsternis darkness in Spanish is tinieblas, obscuridad, tenebrosidad, oscuridad