- (n.) Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
- (n.) The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.
- (n.) Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "emptiness" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/emptiness/definitions/2002832> |