01 n. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a de…
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A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.“The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply.” — Waller.
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A disorderly or neglected place.
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Quality or state of being wild; wildness.[Obs.]“These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands. Will keep from wilderness with ease.” — Milton.