wilderness -- ((politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness")
Wilderness -- (a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War)
wilderness, wild -- (a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers")
wilderness -- (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")