Oblivion synonyms

ə-blĭv'ē-ən

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forgetfulness
The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
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existence (antonym)
Specific presence; occurrence:
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amnesia
Partial or total loss of memory caused as by brain injury or by shock
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nothingness
Unconsciousness or death
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emptiness (related)
The state or feeling of being empty
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void
(Games) Absence of cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand:
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lethe
The river of forgetfulness, one of the five rivers in Hades.
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waters of oblivion
Blankness
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nonexistence
The condition of not existing
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nirvana
(--- Buddhism) A state in which the mind, enlightened as to the illusory nature of the self, transcends all suffering and attains peace.
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obscurity
The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.
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nullity
The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
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limbo
A dance, originated in the West Indies, in which the dancers bend from the knees as far back as possible to pass beneath a horizontal bar that is set lower and lower
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memory (antonym)
All that a person can remember:
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remembrance (antonym)
Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends.
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recollection (antonym)
That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
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fullness (antonym)
The degree to which a space is full.
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being (antonym)
Being is defined as the state of existing or living or something that exists.
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carelessness (related)
Lack of care.
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indifference (related)
Lack of concern, interest, or feeling; apathy
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nothing (related)
A nobody (insignificant person).
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lethean
(By extension) Of or relating to death or forgetfulness.
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nirvanic
Pertaining to nirvana; heavenly.
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oblivious
The definition of oblivious is being forgetful or unaware of your surroundings.
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unaware
Not aware or informed; lacking knowledge
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amnesty
The definition of amnesty is the act of releasing or protecting a person or persons from prosecution for wrongdoings.
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neglect
The act or an instance of neglecting something:
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pardon
The definition of a pardon is an official document freeing someone from additional punishment for a crime committed.
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silence
Silence is a complete absence of sound, or not talking, or not talking about a specific issue.
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awareness (antonym)
The state or quality of being aware of something
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consciousness (antonym)
The state of being conscious; awareness of one's own feelings, what is happening around one, etc.
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understanding (antonym)
The mental quality, act, or state of a person who understands; comprehension, knowledge, discernment, sympathetic awareness, etc.
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fame (antonym)
The state of being widely known, recognized, or of great popular interest:
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escape
A means of obtaining temporary freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness:
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obliviousness
The characteristic of being oblivious.
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seek (related)
Freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness
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the-abyss (related)
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abyss (related)
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desuetude (related)
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unmindfulness
The quality of being unmindful.
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insensibleness
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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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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