Benightment
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The state or condition of being benighted.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The condition of being benighted.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The
state
or
condition
of being
benighted
.
Word Usage
"Wallich discovered abundance of his favourite and really splendid Polypodium Wallichianum, which I may accuse with justice of being an additional reason for our benightment."