<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>poor health; sickness: He grew up in an environment known for poverty, illness, and little opportunity for education.</li><li>a specific sickness or disease, or an instance of such: Please be as accurate as possible in listing your childhood illnesses.</li><li>Synonyms: infirmity, affliction, ailment</li><li>Obsolete: wickedness.</li></ul>