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oblivion
[ uh-bliv-ee-uhn ]
noun
- the state of being completely forgotten or unknown:
a former movie star now in oblivion.
- the state of forgetting or of being oblivious:
the oblivion of sleep.
- the act or process of dying out; complete annihilation or extinction:
If we don't preserve their habitat, the entire species will pass into oblivion.
- Archaic. official disregard or overlooking of offenses; pardon; amnesty.
oblivion
/ əˈblɪvɪən /
noun
- the condition of being forgotten or disregarded
- the state of being mentally withdrawn or blank
- law an intentional overlooking, esp of political offences; amnesty; pardon
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- self-ob·livi·on noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of oblivion1
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Example Sentences
If opponents of gay rights are supposed to be retreating into oblivion, they missed the memo.
The team could sink into oblivion—or be bought by a beloved figure who could transform it.
That which gave him the power over me came back out of oblivion, where I had hoped to keep it.
Instead, one is headed to political oblivion, and the other is staring it in its face.
Not even a plan: just a wild lashing out, really, against oblivion.
He was contemporary with Milton, and preferred before him by critics of the day, but has now sunk into oblivion.
Could you have let them alone, by this time, poor Souls, they had been all peaceably buried in Oblivion!
After the total oblivion of the matter in his waking moments, he will sometimes recall all the details of the affair in a dream.
Sleep kindly came to some, and lulled their spirits into momentary oblivion.
Holding the violin aloft, he cried exultingly: Henceforth thou art mine, though death and oblivion lurk ever near thee!
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