night

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom

the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night"

the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed"

darkness; "it vanished into the night"

a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night"

the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night"

Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx