abyss

  1. Noun.  A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.
  2. Noun.  Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.
  3. Noun.  (heraldry) The center of an escutcheon.

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