oblivionn.

Brit.

/əˈblɪvɪən/, U.S.

/əˈblɪviən/

Forms: Middle English obliuioun, Middle English oblyuyoun, Middle English oblyvioun, Middle English–1500s oblyuyon, Middle English–1500s oblyuyone, Middle English–1600s obliuion, Middle English– oblivion, 1500s obliuyon, 1500s oblyuion, 1500s oblyvion, 1600s–1700s oblivon, 1800s oblivvion (irregular), 1900s oblivyon (poetic); Scottish pre-1700 obliuion, pre-1700 obliuione, pre-1700 obliuionn, pre-1700 obliuioun, pre-1700 oblivione, pre-1700 oblivioun, pre-1700 obliweioune, pre-1700 1700s– oblivion.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French oblivion; Latin oblīviōn-, oblīviō.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French oblivion forgetfulness (c1220 in Old French; French †oblivion ) and its etymon classical Latin oblīviōn-, oblīviō forgetfulness, state of being forgotten, amnesty < oblīv- , verb-stem found in oblīviscī to forget (see obliviscence n.) + -iō -ion suffix¹.

a. The state or fact of forgetting or having forgotten; forgetfulness; (also) freedom from care or worry.Frequently used with reference to the River Lethe in Greek Mythology, which was supposed to produce a state of forgetfulness in those who drank from its waters.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > forgetfulness, oblivion

forgetelnessa1000

forgetel-shipc1330

forgetting1340

forgettingnessa1387

obliviona1393

unremembrancec1449

forgetness1474

forgetfulness1477

oubliance1477

obliviousness?1531

oblivium1699

irrecollection1738

obliviscence1775

irretention1827

irretentiveness1849

oblivescence1880

Punjab head1887

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 651 Which Ring bar of Oblivion the name.

J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 2120 Knyghtely behauyng..Wurthy ys in the world to be preysyd..Off wryter and endyter, For oblyuyon off mend.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 197 There be oþer ij welles..of whom oon inducethe memory, that other obliuion.

1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Quarto MS (1920) lxxxix. 5 As obliuioun dois deiect The building of rememberance.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. H3^v Make vs drinke Lethe by your queint conceipts; That for two daies, obliuion smother griefe.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 583 Farr off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe the River of Oblivion roules Her watrie Labyrinth.

1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 154. ⁋13 Several Souls, who..flock about the Banks of the River Lethe, and swill themselves with the Waters of Oblivion.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 242 Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care.

1801 Port Folio 26 Dec. 410/1 Was the vine juice of Egypt ever mixed with poppy water, that it might, like the fabled river of oblivion, drown memory and her tribes?

1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1875) i. iv. 24 Your soul had become deaf in sleep's oblivion.

1921 Chambers's Jrnl. 647/1 The Cape ‘dop’ bottle brought oblivion to his tortured mind.

1953 P. Larkin Let. 10 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 220 However much you talk yourself into regarding death as merciful oblivion, the moment of death, I can't help thinking, must be a little choppy.

1988 M. Cohen Racial Memories in L. Hutcheon & M. Richmond Other Solitudes (1990) 169 We are tense, over-tired, mind-fatigued businessmen taking a day off to drink ourselves into oblivion because it's the only cure we know.

b. Forgetfulness resulting from inattention or carelessness; heedlessness, disregard.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > neglect

unattendancec1449

nonchaloir1496

negligencya1500

obliviona1500

neglecting1539

misregard1543

forgetfulness1576

neglect1598

negligence1604

neglection1609

neglectiveness1621

disattention1624

disregarding1659

slightiness1662

disregard1733

a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 637 in Poems (1899) 33 Take this lesson to noon obliuion.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCii^v By obliuion or forgettyng of my selfe.

1661 J. Dryden To His Sacred Majesty 7 Among our crimes oblivion may be set, But 'tis our Kings perfection to forget.

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets ii. 4 The deep oblivion of the Law of Right and Wrong..is by no means beautiful.

1895 Forum (N.Y.) Feb. 674 Oblivion of this fact is the root of the wasteful opposition to prison labor and imported labor.

1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon xviii. 295 ‘Very thorry’ said the company whose failure to uncover seemed due rather to oblivion than to want of natural courtesy.

1993 ‘J. Gash’ Paid & Loving Eyes (1994) xiii. 98 Cambridgeshire wallies—antiques dealers working on the bend side—are like this, half business acumen and half gormless oblivion.

c. Intentional overlooking of an offence, esp. a political one; amnesty, pardon. Chiefly (now with capital initial) in the names of parliamentary acts, etc., granting a general pardon for political offences; Now historical.Applied (spec. in Scottish History) to the statute of 1563 which abolished liability for crimes committed between 1558 and 1561, and (in English History) the Acts of 1660 and 1690, granting amnesty to those who had taken arms or acted against Charles II and William III respectively.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > deliberate forgetting, condoning > [noun]

oblivion1563

amnesty1605

abolition1606

unremembrance1725

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun]

forgivenessc900

givenessc1200

remission?c1225

veny?c1225

gracec1300

forgiftc1315

excusinga1340

absolutiona1393

pardona1393

veynea1425

pardoningc1443

pardonancec1475

forgivance1490

remit1490

oblivion1563

remitting1577

remittance1602

remitment1611

condonation1615

excuse1655

condonance1865

1563 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 536/1 That ane statute law and ordinance of perpetual obliuioun be maid..lyke as hir hienes..makis..ane law of obliuion that all deid..contrare the lawis..sen and fra [6 March, 1558]..to [1 Sept., 1561]..and the memorie thairof..to be expyrit.

1593 G. Harvey New Let. Notable Contents sig. B^v Who in my case would giue eare to the Law of Obliuion, that hath the Law of Talion in his handes.

1603 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) ii. 125 A law that no man should be called in question nor troubled for things that were past..called Amnistia, or law of obliuion.

1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 98 The oblivion of injuries is an Act every way as noble as revenge.

1671 in C. S. Brigham Early Rec. Town of Portsmouth (1901) 165 An act of Oblivion for remitinge of what hath been formerly due.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 98 The Armies were to be disbanded; an Act of Oblivion pass'd.

1797 E. Burke Remarks Policy Allies in Three Memorials on French Affairs 186 A valuable friend..asked me what I thought of acts of general indemnity and oblivion, as a means of settling France.

1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 400 There shall be a mutual oblivion and pardon of all injuries on both sides.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 398 William..expressed his hope that a bill of general pardon and oblivion would be..presented for his sanction.

1890 Dict. National Biogr. VIII. 1012/2 By the parliament of 1563 he was chosen one of a commission to administer the Act of Oblivion.

1992 Hist. Jrnl. 35 322 Restrictions against unwarranted search and seizure were still in operation and the new Act of Oblivion not forgotten.

a. The state or condition of being forgotten; (also, more generally) obscurity, nothingness, void, death. to fall (sink, etc.) into oblivion: to become forgotten or disused; (also) to die. to consign (also †put) to (or †in) oblivion: to forget entirely about (something), to abandon, regard as in the past.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > state of being forgotten, oblivion

forgettinga1050

oblivionc1425

oblivya1500

obliviance?1504

forgetfulness1561

obliviancy1820

forgottenness1924

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 1875 (MED) Worþines..Is but a wynde..Forȝetilnes leith it ofte a-syde By lengþe of ȝeris and obliuioun.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 40 To..Throwyn it in the angle of oblyuyoun.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1337 Your names shalbe put to oblyuyone.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. iv. 91 Nor ȝit the thankis of sa frendful a deid Sal ony tyme into obliuion slyde.

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Ded. sig. diij^v Drowned in the whirlepoole of obliuion.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 129 The swallowing gulph, Of blind forgetfulnesse and darke obliuion .

c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) Ep. Ded. 2 Quhat might betyed my sillie boat in the same seas quhaer sik a man's ship was sunck in the gulf of oblivion.

1697 J. Evelyn Numismata Introd. 2 Men have sought Immortality and Freedom from Oblivion, by Marbles, Statues, Trophies.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xii. 187 Writers of Travels, like Dictionary-Makers, are sunk into Oblivion by the Weight and Bulk of those who come after, and therefore lie uppermost.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. i. 9 A question..which ought to have been buried in oblivion.

1797 S. W. Morton Beacon Hill 7 The whole be consigned to hopeless oblivion.

1810 D. Stewart Philos. Ess. iii. 117 In England..this doctrine has sunk into complete oblivion.

1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Jrnls. II. 38 Let him pass into the garret of oblivion, where many things as good, or better, are piled away.

1866 Rural Amer. (Utica, N.Y.) 1 Jan. 7/1 An old orchard going to decay, and no young trees to supply the places of those about to be consigned to oblivion.

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Oct. 11/3 Judge Landis..has not yet consigned Babe Ruth to oblivion for..playing in the sticks for exhibition money.

1984 E. Pawel Nightmare of Reason (1988) p. xi Max Brod..twice rescued Kafka's work, first from physical destruction, later from indifference and oblivion.

1992 Amicus Jrnl. Summer 4/3 With the rise of eco-cracy,..the fundamental debate needed on public morality..falls into oblivion.

†b. As a count noun: a thing forgotten. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > forgotten person or thing

oblivion1598

immemorable1768

unmemorable1862

1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 75 Minds change from that they wont to bee, Obliuions [Sp. oluidados] doe reuiue againe.

Compounds

General attributive and objective, esp. oblivion-seeking adj.

ΚΠ

1839 T. G. Hake Piromides i. 5 Arresting the oblivion-seeking past In sculptur'd presence.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vii. 63 To lower himself to oblivion-point.

1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos vii. 90 If first convictions are suffered to die away, the world's oblivion-power does its work.

1989 Washington Post (Nexis) 12 Feb. a23 It seems to have been unreconstructed old roistering about, excessive social drinking, oblivion-seeking revelry.

2001 Scotsman (Nexis) 29 Dec. 8 Sad insights into seedy sauna parlours and the exuberance of oblivion-seeking weekend revellers.

Derivatives

oˈblivionist n. rare a person who believes that something specified will be consigned to oblivion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > one who forgets

forgetter1398

oblivionist1878

amnesiac1913

1878 T. Sinclair Mount ii. 22 Imaginations..are not dependent on the fleeting changes of the world of the understanding. The oblivionists do not clearly see the whole truth here.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oblivion
释义	oblivionn. Brit. /əˈblɪvɪən/, U.S. /əˈblɪviən/ Forms: Middle English obliuioun, Middle English oblyuyoun, Middle English oblyvioun, Middle English–1500s oblyuyon, Middle English–1500s oblyuyone, Middle English–1600s obliuion, Middle English– oblivion, 1500s obliuyon, 1500s oblyuion, 1500s oblyvion, 1600s–1700s oblivon, 1800s oblivvion (irregular), 1900s oblivyon (poetic); Scottish pre-1700 obliuion, pre-1700 obliuione, pre-1700 obliuionn, pre-1700 obliuioun, pre-1700 oblivione, pre-1700 oblivioun, pre-1700 obliweioune, pre-1700 1700s– oblivion. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French oblivion; Latin oblīviōn-, oblīviō. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French oblivion forgetfulness (c1220 in Old French; French †oblivion ) and its etymon classical Latin oblīviōn-, oblīviō forgetfulness, state of being forgotten, amnesty < oblīv- , verb-stem found in oblīviscī to forget (see obliviscence n.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. 1. a. The state or fact of forgetting or having forgotten; forgetfulness; (also) freedom from care or worry.Frequently used with reference to the River Lethe in Greek Mythology, which was supposed to produce a state of forgetfulness in those who drank from its waters. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > forgetfulness, oblivion forgetelnessa1000 forgetel-shipc1330 forgetting1340 forgettingnessa1387 obliviona1393 unremembrancec1449 forgetness1474 forgetfulness1477 oubliance1477 obliviousness?1531 oblivium1699 irrecollection1738 obliviscence1775 irretention1827 irretentiveness1849 oblivescence1880 Punjab head1887 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 651 Which Ring bar of Oblivion the name. J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 2120 Knyghtely behauyng..Wurthy ys in the world to be preysyd..Off wryter and endyter, For oblyuyon off mend. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 197 There be oþer ij welles..of whom oon inducethe memory, that other obliuion. 1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Quarto MS (1920) lxxxix. 5 As obliuioun dois deiect The building of rememberance. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. H3^v Make vs drinke Lethe by your queint conceipts; That for two daies, obliuion smother griefe. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 583 Farr off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe the River of Oblivion roules Her watrie Labyrinth. View more context for this quotation 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 154. ⁋13 Several Souls, who..flock about the Banks of the River Lethe, and swill themselves with the Waters of Oblivion. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 242 Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care. 1801 Port Folio 26 Dec. 410/1 Was the vine juice of Egypt ever mixed with poppy water, that it might, like the fabled river of oblivion, drown memory and her tribes? 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1875) i. iv. 24 Your soul had become deaf in sleep's oblivion. 1921 Chambers's Jrnl. 647/1 The Cape ‘dop’ bottle brought oblivion to his tortured mind. 1953 P. Larkin Let. 10 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 220 However much you talk yourself into regarding death as merciful oblivion, the moment of death, I can't help thinking, must be a little choppy. 1988 M. Cohen Racial Memories in L. Hutcheon & M. Richmond Other Solitudes (1990) 169 We are tense, over-tired, mind-fatigued businessmen taking a day off to drink ourselves into oblivion because it's the only cure we know. b. Forgetfulness resulting from inattention or carelessness; heedlessness, disregard. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > neglect unattendancec1449 nonchaloir1496 negligencya1500 obliviona1500 neglecting1539 misregard1543 forgetfulness1576 neglect1598 negligence1604 neglection1609 neglectiveness1621 disattention1624 disregarding1659 slightiness1662 disregard1733 a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 637 in Poems (1899) 33 Take this lesson to noon obliuion. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCii^v By obliuion or forgettyng of my selfe. 1661 J. Dryden To His Sacred Majesty 7 Among our crimes oblivion may be set, But 'tis our Kings perfection to forget. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets ii. 4 The deep oblivion of the Law of Right and Wrong..is by no means beautiful. 1895 Forum (N.Y.) Feb. 674 Oblivion of this fact is the root of the wasteful opposition to prison labor and imported labor. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon xviii. 295 ‘Very thorry’ said the company whose failure to uncover seemed due rather to oblivion than to want of natural courtesy. 1993 ‘J. Gash’ Paid & Loving Eyes (1994) xiii. 98 Cambridgeshire wallies—antiques dealers working on the bend side—are like this, half business acumen and half gormless oblivion. c. Intentional overlooking of an offence, esp. a political one; amnesty, pardon. Chiefly (now with capital initial) in the names of parliamentary acts, etc., granting a general pardon for political offences; Now historical.Applied (spec. in Scottish History) to the statute of 1563 which abolished liability for crimes committed between 1558 and 1561, and (in English History) the Acts of 1660 and 1690, granting amnesty to those who had taken arms or acted against Charles II and William III respectively. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > deliberate forgetting, condoning > [noun] oblivion1563 amnesty1605 abolition1606 unremembrance1725 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun] forgivenessc900 givenessc1200 remission?c1225 veny?c1225 gracec1300 forgiftc1315 excusinga1340 absolutiona1393 pardona1393 veynea1425 pardoningc1443 pardonancec1475 forgivance1490 remit1490 oblivion1563 remitting1577 remittance1602 remitment1611 condonation1615 excuse1655 condonance1865 1563 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 536/1 That ane statute law and ordinance of perpetual obliuioun be maid..lyke as hir hienes..makis..ane law of obliuion that all deid..contrare the lawis..sen and fra [6 March, 1558]..to [1 Sept., 1561]..and the memorie thairof..to be expyrit. 1593 G. Harvey New Let. Notable Contents sig. B^v Who in my case would giue eare to the Law of Obliuion, that hath the Law of Talion in his handes. 1603 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) ii. 125 A law that no man should be called in question nor troubled for things that were past..called Amnistia, or law of obliuion. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 98 The oblivion of injuries is an Act every way as noble as revenge. 1671 in C. S. Brigham Early Rec. Town of Portsmouth (1901) 165 An act of Oblivion for remitinge of what hath been formerly due. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 98 The Armies were to be disbanded; an Act of Oblivion pass'd. 1797 E. Burke Remarks Policy Allies in Three Memorials on French Affairs 186 A valuable friend..asked me what I thought of acts of general indemnity and oblivion, as a means of settling France. 1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 400 There shall be a mutual oblivion and pardon of all injuries on both sides. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 398 William..expressed his hope that a bill of general pardon and oblivion would be..presented for his sanction. 1890 Dict. National Biogr. VIII. 1012/2 By the parliament of 1563 he was chosen one of a commission to administer the Act of Oblivion. 1992 Hist. Jrnl. 35 322 Restrictions against unwarranted search and seizure were still in operation and the new Act of Oblivion not forgotten. 2. a. The state or condition of being forgotten; (also, more generally) obscurity, nothingness, void, death. to fall (sink, etc.) into oblivion: to become forgotten or disused; (also) to die. to consign (also †put) to (or †in) oblivion: to forget entirely about (something), to abandon, regard as in the past. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > state of being forgotten, oblivion forgettinga1050 oblivionc1425 oblivya1500 obliviance?1504 forgetfulness1561 obliviancy1820 forgottenness1924 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 1875 (MED) Worþines..Is but a wynde..Forȝetilnes leith it ofte a-syde By lengþe of ȝeris and obliuioun. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 40 To..Throwyn it in the angle of oblyuyoun. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1337 Your names shalbe put to oblyuyone. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. iv. 91 Nor ȝit the thankis of sa frendful a deid Sal ony tyme into obliuion slyde. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Ded. sig. diij^v Drowned in the whirlepoole of obliuion. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 129 The swallowing gulph, Of blind forgetfulnesse and darke obliuion . View more context for this quotation c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) Ep. Ded. 2 Quhat might betyed my sillie boat in the same seas quhaer sik a man's ship was sunck in the gulf of oblivion. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata Introd. 2 Men have sought Immortality and Freedom from Oblivion, by Marbles, Statues, Trophies. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xii. 187 Writers of Travels, like Dictionary-Makers, are sunk into Oblivion by the Weight and Bulk of those who come after, and therefore lie uppermost. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. i. 9 A question..which ought to have been buried in oblivion. 1797 S. W. Morton Beacon Hill 7 The whole be consigned to hopeless oblivion. 1810 D. Stewart Philos. Ess. iii. 117 In England..this doctrine has sunk into complete oblivion. 1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Jrnls. II. 38 Let him pass into the garret of oblivion, where many things as good, or better, are piled away. 1866 Rural Amer. (Utica, N.Y.) 1 Jan. 7/1 An old orchard going to decay, and no young trees to supply the places of those about to be consigned to oblivion. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Oct. 11/3 Judge Landis..has not yet consigned Babe Ruth to oblivion for..playing in the sticks for exhibition money. 1984 E. Pawel Nightmare of Reason (1988) p. xi Max Brod..twice rescued Kafka's work, first from physical destruction, later from indifference and oblivion. 1992 Amicus Jrnl. Summer 4/3 With the rise of eco-cracy,..the fundamental debate needed on public morality..falls into oblivion. †b. As a count noun: a thing forgotten. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > forgotten person or thing oblivion1598 immemorable1768 unmemorable1862 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 75 Minds change from that they wont to bee, Obliuions [Sp. oluidados] doe reuiue againe. Compounds General attributive and objective, esp. oblivion-seeking adj. ΚΠ 1839 T. G. Hake Piromides i. 5 Arresting the oblivion-seeking past In sculptur'd presence. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vii. 63 To lower himself to oblivion-point. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos vii. 90 If first convictions are suffered to die away, the world's oblivion-power does its work. 1989 Washington Post (Nexis) 12 Feb. a23 It seems to have been unreconstructed old roistering about, excessive social drinking, oblivion-seeking revelry. 2001 Scotsman (Nexis) 29 Dec. 8 Sad insights into seedy sauna parlours and the exuberance of oblivion-seeking weekend revellers. Derivatives oˈblivionist n. rare a person who believes that something specified will be consigned to oblivion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > one who forgets forgetter1398 oblivionist1878 amnesiac1913 1878 T. Sinclair Mount ii. 22 Imaginations..are not dependent on the fleeting changes of the world of the understanding. The oblivionists do not clearly see the whole truth here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). oblivionv. Brit. /əˈblɪvɪən/, U.S. /əˈblɪviən/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: oblivion n. Etymology: < oblivion n. Compare earlier oblivionize v. and slightly later obliviate v. rare (chiefly literary and poetic). transitive. To put into oblivion; = oblivionize v. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > deliberate forgetting, condoning > [verb (transitive)] > consign to oblivion defacec1386 to strike by1457 efface1490 unlearna1500 obliterate1548 delete1563 oblivionize1593 dismiss1594 bury1595 oblivion1659 obliviate1661 erase1695 to go into the discard1927 cancel1990 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 210 I wish there were an act to oblivion all these things. a1793 W. H. Brown Ira & Isabella (1807) 91 Tell me therefore, my friend, shall the duty I owe to my virtue, and to the social compact, be oblivioned by delusive temptation. 1827 J. G. Whittier Job III in F. M. Pray Study Whittier's Apprenticeship as Poet (1930) 133 These forgotten lie, Oblivioned in the labyrinth of years. 1930 S. Sassoon Mem. Infantry Officer x. iv. 304 Their names undecipherable on tilted headstones or humbly oblivioned beneath green mounds. 2000 Elizabeth I in History; PC & Diana's Role in History? in alt.gossip.royalty (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Sept. There is no race, no political parties, no state. All have been oblivioned by the future that is now. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1393v.1659
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oblivionn.

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oblivionv.