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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Illness \Ill"ness\, n. [From {Ill}.]
1. The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness;
unfavorableness. [Obs.] "The illness of the weather."
--Locke.
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2. Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health;
sickness; as, a short or a severe illness.
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3. Wrong moral conduct; wickedness. --Shak.

Syn: Malady; disease; indisposition; ailment.

Usage: {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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