What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light.
Matt. x. 27.
3. A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.
Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John. iii. 19.
Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out
From all heaven's bounds.
Milton.
4. Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.