Oblivion
[ə'blɪvɪən]
Definition
(n.) The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness.
(n.) Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Forgetfulness (Oblivion refers especially to the thing forgotten).[2]. Amnesty, general pardon.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Forgetfulness, disremembrance
ANT:Remembrance, recollection, memory, reminiscence, commemoration, celebration
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Definition
n. act of forgetting or state of being forgotten: remission of punishment.—adj. Obliv′ious forgetful: prone to forget: causing forgetfulness.—adv. Obliv′iously.—ns. Obliv′iousness; Oblivisc′ence.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock.
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Examples
- They have a vogue for a time, and then sink into oblivion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The most favorable posthumous history the stay-at-home traitor can hope for is--oblivion. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If he could only have recovered in a complete state of oblivion as to the past, he would have been a happier man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We consign the whole thing to oblivion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- All else is but dross, or evanescent dreams which vanish into oblivion in the light of a larger knowledge. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Let her identity, her connection with yourself, be buried in oblivion: you are bound to impart them to no living being. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- These were the last words spoken by the whelp, before a giddy drowsiness came upon him, followed by complete oblivion. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- By sticking to it till one or two in the morning, I get oblivion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Now, Miss Ginevra Fanshawe (such was this young person's name) only substituted this word _chose_ in temporary oblivion of the real name. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At length he recollected the whole hideous scene at the stake, and finally recalled the strange white figure in whose arms he had sunk into oblivion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- My companions had not shared my oblivion. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I reeled beneath their blows which fell upon me in perfect torrents; my head swam; all was black, and I went down beneath them to oblivion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- This humble birth, however, he would sink in oblivion, and become widely known as Prince Caliphronas, the sole survivor of a famous Fanariot family. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The tablets of the most ancient days of Egypt, yet recovered, show glass blowers at work at their trade--and the names of the first and original inventors are buried in oblivion. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- While you speak, there can be no oblivion of inferiority--no encouragement to delusion: pain, privation, penury stamp your language. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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