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OBLIVION

\əblˈɪvi͡ən], \əblˈɪvi‍ən], \ə_b_l_ˈɪ_v_iə_n]\

Definitions of OBLIVION

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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total forgetfulness; "he sought the great oblivion of sleep"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

total forgetfulness; "he sought the great oblivion of sleep"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The state of being blotted out from memory; forgetfulness.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Act of forgetting; state of being forgotten.
Oblivious.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The state of being utterly forgotten.
The act of forgetting completely; forgetfulness; amnesty.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [Latin] Act of forgetting, or state of being forgotten ; forgetfulness ;â€”an amnesty or general pardon of crimes and offences.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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