noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   blindness literary, uncommon, uncountable
2. 2
   the state of being blind or lacking sight wordnet

Synonyms

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blind spotblindingblindnessblindnesscataractdarkness

Antonyms

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vision

Etymology

From Latin caecitās (“blindness”), from caecus (“blind”) + -itās (“-ness, -ity”).

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