English-Thai Dictionary

oblivion

N การ ลืม  disregard forgetfulness kan-luam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OBLIVION

n.[L. oblivio.] 1. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance.
Among our crimes oblivion may be set.
2. A forgetting of offenses, or remission of punishment. An act of oblivion is an amnesty, or general pardon of crimes and offenses, granted by a sovereign, by which punishment is remitted.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OBLIVION

Ob *liv "i *on, n. Etym: [L. oblivio, akin to oblivisci to forget: cf. OF. oblivion. ]

 

1. The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness. Second childishness and mere oblivion. Shak. Among our crimes oblivion may be set. Dryden The origin of our city will be buried in eternal oblivion. W. Irving.

 

2. Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion. Sir J. Davies.

 

Syn. -- See Forgetfulness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

oblivion

ob liv i on |əˈblivēən əˈblɪviən | ▶noun 1 the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening: they drank themselves into oblivion. • the state of being forgotten, esp. by the public: his name will fade into oblivion. • extinction: only our armed forces stood between us and oblivion. 2 Law, historical amnesty or pardon. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oblivio (n- ), from oblivisci ‘forget. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

oblivion

ob ¦liv |ion |əˈblɪvɪən | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one: they drank themselves into oblivion. • the state of being forgotten, especially by the public: his name will fade into oblivion. • destruction or extinction: only our armed forces stood between us and oblivion. 2 Law, historical amnesty or pardon. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oblivio (n- ), from oblivisci ‘forget ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

oblivion

oblivion noun 1 they drank themselves into oblivion: unconsciousness, insensibility, a stupor, stupefaction, senselessness; a coma, a blackout; literary the waters of Lethe. ANTONYMS consciousness. 2 luckily, he was able to rescue that design from oblivion: obscurity, limbo, anonymity, nonexistence, nothingness, neglect, disregard. ANTONYMS fame.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

oblivion

oblivion noun 1 he closed his eyes again and sank back into oblivion: unconsciousness, insensibility, stupor, stupefaction, senselessness, blankness, darkness; coma, blackout; obliviousness, unawareness, ignorance, amnesia; literary the waters of Lethe. ANTONYMS consciousness, awareness. 2 their words have been consigned to oblivion | they rescued him from artistic oblivion: obscurity, non-existence, limbo, void, vacuum, nothingness, nihility, nullity, extinction, anonymity, neglect, disregard. ANTONYMS fame.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

oblivion

ob liv i on /əblɪ́viən /名詞 U 1 忘却 (されること ), 記憶の彼方 (へ追いやられること )(obscurity )▸ be buried in [fall into ] oblivion 忘れ去られる .2 昏睡状態 (に陥ること ), 人事不省 .3 〘法 〙大赦 （たいしゃ ）.