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noun

Illness n.

The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness. (Obs.) "The illness of the weather."

Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness.

Wrong moral conduct; wickedness.

Synonyms: Malady; disease; indisposition; ailment. Illness, Sickness. Within the present century, there has been a tendency in England to use illness in the sense of a continuous disease, disorder of health, or sickness, and to confine sickness more especially to a sense of nausea, or "sickness of the stomach."

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"Illness" Quotes from Famous Books

... little devil in all London, I do believe," said Mr. Woodstock, as they began to ascend the stairs. "Her mother owes two weeks, and if she don't pay something to-day, I'll have her out. She'll be shamming illness, you'll see. The child ...

— The Unclassed • George Gissing

... field happened to lie between, and going to have a talk with him; so the boys had seen much more of each other than Grace knew. She had often been obliged to leave "Walter to solitary rambles, owing to her aunt's, increasing dependence on her during her long illness, so it happened that she felt some surprise when she saw Walter more moved than was his wont as he eagerly discussed ...

— Geordie's Tryst - A Tale of Scottish Life • Mrs. Milne Rae

... his illness, to the last hour of his life, he was consulted by the senate in publick affairs, and returned answers, in his greatest weakness, with such presence of mind, as could only arise from the ...

— The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 6 - Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons • Samuel Johnson

... proportion, and amounts to a colossal untruth. We must surely take into account the amount of evil inflicted and the amount of good that ensues. Take sickness, for instance. One would imagine that, if Christians seriously believe that illness is sent by God to achieve certain salutary modifications of character, they ought strenuously to oppose the modern determination to reduce disease to a minimum. They do not, and would, on the contrary, soon reduce to silence any religious crank ...

— The War and the Churches • Joseph McCabe

... the other, simply. "In truth, my young friend, I have many reasons why I could wish to recover of this illness and be ...

— The Young Engineers in Mexico • H. Irving Hancock

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