Oblivion Definition

ə-blĭvē-ən
noun
The condition or fact of being forgotten.
Webster's New World
A forgetting or having forgotten; forgetfulness.
Webster's New World
Official overlooking of offenses; pardon.
Webster's New World
Oblivion is defined as the state of being forgotten.
An example of oblivion is someone’s memory after a bad head injury.
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Origin of Oblivion

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin oblīviō oblīviōn- from oblīvīscī to forget lei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman oblivion (= Old French oblivion), from Latin oblÄ«viō (“forgetfulness"), from oblivisci (“to forget").

    From Wiktionary

Oblivion Sentence Examples

  • The soldiers seemed determined to drink themselves into oblivion.

  • A considerable part of Cavendish's work was rescued from oblivion in 1879 and placed in an easily accessible form by Professor Clerk Maxwell, who edited the original manuscripts in the possession of the duke of Devonshire.'

  • Toward morning all these dreams melted and merged into the chaos and darkness of unconciousness and oblivion which in the opinion of Napoleon's doctor, Larrey, was much more likely to end in death than in convalescence.

  • Then, just as it appears to have been sinking into oblivion among the people, the clergy themselves gave it the character of a specific religious festival.

  • There were also other minor orders in the ancient church which have fallen into oblivion or lost their clerical character.

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Words Starting With

OOBOBL

Words Ending With

NONION

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