What is the meaning of Wilderness?

noun

  • Politics) a state of disfavor. (
    • usage: "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
  • A wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War.
  • A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition.
    • usage: "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
  • A bewildering profusion.
    • usage: "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"
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