Definitions for oblivion
əˈblɪv i ənobliv·ion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. oblivion, limbonoun

   the state of being disregarded or forgotten

2. obliviousness, oblivionnoun

   total forgetfulness

   "he sought the great oblivion of sleep"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. oblivionnoun

   The state of forgetfulness or distraction.

2. oblivionnoun

   The state of being completely forgotten.

3. oblivionnoun

   A state of permanent unconsciousness existing after death

4. Etymology: From oblivion (= oblivion), from oblivio, from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Oblivionnoun

   Etymology: oblivio, Latin.

   1. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance.

   Water-drops have worn the stones of Troy,
   And blind oblivion swallow’d cities up,
   And mighty states characterless are grated
   To dusty nothing. William Shakespeare, Troil. and Cressida.

   Thou shouldst have heard many things of worthy memory, which now shall die in oblivion, and thou return unexperienced to thy grave. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.

   Knowledge is made by oblivion, and to purchase a clear and warrantable body of truth, we must forget and part with much we know. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Err. Pref.

   Can they imagine, that God has therefore forgot their sins, because they are not willing to remember them? Or will they measure his pardon by their own oblivion. South.

   Among our crimes oblivion may be set;
   But ’tis our king’s perfection to forget. Dryden.

   2. Amnesty; general pardon of crimes in a state.

   By the act of oblivion, all offences against the crown, and all particular trespasses between subject and subject, were pardoned, remitted, and utterly extinguished. Davies.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Oblivionnoun

   the act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness

2. Oblivionnoun

   official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion

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1. Oblivion

   Oblivion is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in England. The ride opened as the world's first vertical drop roller coaster on March 14, 1998 amidst a large publicity campaign. The ride has a height restriction of 1.4 metres. With a maximum speed of 68 mph, it is the third fastest roller coaster in the UK behind Stealth at Thorpe Park and the Pepsi Max Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Oblivion

   ob-liv′i-un, n. act of forgetting or state of being forgotten: remission of punishment.—adj. Obliv′ious, forgetful: prone to forget: causing forgetfulness.—adv. Obliv′iously.—ns. Obliv′iousness; Oblivisc′ence. [Fr.,—L. oblivion-em—oblivisci, to forget.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. oblivion

   1. The memory of Eternity. 2. A place where the human race and politicians are as one; where immortals are afflicted with aphasia; where God enjoys a long siesta; where we lose the bores and all those good folks who want to tell us the sad story of their lives.

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1. oblivion

   Song lyrics by oblivion -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by oblivion on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. • Forgetfulness
   • Obscurity

How to pronounce oblivion?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of oblivion in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of oblivion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of oblivion in a Sentence

1. George Steiner:

   The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion.

2. Hyman Rickover:

   Be ever questioning. Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion. You don't go to heaven if you die dumb. Become better informed. Lean from others' mistakes. You could not live long enough to make them all yourself.

3. Sterne:

   How frequently are the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of by a smile or a shrug. How many good and generous actions have been sunk into oblivion by a distrustful look, or stamped with the imputation of bad motives, by a mysterious and seasonable whisper!

4. State John Kerry:

   You can't bomb knowledge into oblivion unless you kill everybody. You can't bomb it away, the question is, can you provide an adequate level ... of intrusive inspections, structured tough requirements, limitations, all the insights necessary to be able to know to a certainty that a program is peaceful.

5. Kahlil Gibran:

   We were a silent, hidden thought in the folds of oblivion, and we have become a voice that causes the heavens to tremble.

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