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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Sadness \Sad"ness\, n.
      1. Heaviness; firmness. [Obs.]
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      2. Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.]
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               Her sadness and her benignity.        --Chaucer.
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      3. Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess;
         sorrowfulness; dejection.
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               Dim sadness did not spare
               That time celestial visages.          --Milton.
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      Syn: Sorrow; heaviness; dejection. See Grief.
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