(politics) a state of disfavor; he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness'

a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War

[ Syn: wilderness ]

a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers

[ Syn: wild ]

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'