əˈblivēən, ōˈ-, äˈ- noun
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Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin oblivion-, oblivio, from oblivisci to forget (perhaps from ob- to, over, completely + levis smooth) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at ob- , lime
1. : an act of forgetting or the fact of having forgotten : forgetfulness , obliviousness
seeking ease and the oblivion of sleep
2. : the quality or state of being forgotten
contentedly accepted his political oblivion
3. : official ignoring of offenses : general pardon : amnesty
an act of oblivion