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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. the state of containing nothing;

2. having an empty stomach;

3. an empty area or space;
- Example: "the huge desert voids"
- Example: "the emptiness of outer space"
- Example: "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
[syn: void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum]

4. the quality of being valueless or futile;
- Example: "he rejected the vanities of the world"
[syn: vanity, emptiness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Emptiness \Emp"ti*ness\, n. [From Empty.]
   1. The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space;
      vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the
      stomach.
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   2. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness;
      inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; as, the
      emptiness of earthly glory.
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   3. Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
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            Eternal smiles his emptiness betray.  --Pope.
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            The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

emptiness
    n 1: the state of containing nothing [ant: fullness]
    2: having an empty stomach
    3: an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the
       emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be
       ruling in a vacuum" [syn: void, vacancy, emptiness,
       vacuum]
    4: the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the
       vanities of the world" [syn: vanity, emptiness]