Wilderness - Definition

n 1: (politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Democratic
party back from the wilderness"
2: a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania
where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the
American Civil War
3: a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition;
"it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and
mountaineers" [syn: wilderness, wild]
4: a bewildering profusion; "the duties of citizenship are lost
sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and
groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"