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   loneliness

   /ˈləʊnlɪnɪs/

   noun

   • 1. sadness because one has no friends or company: "feelings of depression and loneliness" Similar isolationfriendlessnesslack of friends/companionsforsakennessabandonmentrejectionunpopularitysadnessunhappinessforlornnessdespondencylonesomenesssolitarinesssolitudelack of companyalonenessseparationisolationremotenessinaccessibilityseclusionsecludednessdesertedness
   • ▪ the fact of being without companions; solitariness: "the loneliness of a sailor's life"
   • 2. (of a place) the quality of being unfrequented and remote; isolation: "the loneliness of the farm"

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