loneliness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LO'NELINESS, noun 1. Solitude; retirement; seclusion from company. He was weary of the loneliness of his habitation. 2. Love of retirement; disposition to solitude. I see the mystery of your loneliness
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