'Desolation' definitions:

Definition of 'desolation'

(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being decayed or destroyed [syn: devastation, desolation]
noun
A bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape" [syn: bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness]
noun
Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned [syn: forlornness, loneliness, desolation]
noun
An event that results in total destruction [syn: devastation, desolation]

Definition of 'Desolation'

From: GCIDE
  • Desolation \Des`o*la"tion\, n. [F. d['e]solation, L. desolatio.]
  • 1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. [1913 Webster]
  • Unto the end of the war desolations are determined. --Dan. ix. 26. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess. [1913 Webster]
  • You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . . And his whole kingdom into desolation. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A place or country wasted and forsaken. [1913 Webster]
  • How is Babylon become a desolation! --Jer. l. 23.
  • Syn: Waste; ruin; destruction; havoc; devastation; ravage; sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess. [1913 Webster]