"loneliness" in the noun sense
1. loneliness, solitariness
the state of being alone in solitary isolation
2. forlornness, loneliness, desolation
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
3. aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness
a disposition toward being alone
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