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ob⋅liv⋅i⋅on

  [uh-bliv-ee-uhn]
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–noun
1. the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
2. the state of forgetting or of being oblivious: the oblivion of sleep.
3. official disregard or overlooking of offenses; pardon; amnesty.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF < L oblīviōn- (s. of oblīviō), equiv. to oblīv(īscī) to forget + -iōn- -ion; see ob-
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o·bliv·i·on   (ə-blĭv'ē-ən)   
n.  

  1. The condition or quality of being completely forgotten: "He knows that everything he writes is consigned to posterity (oblivion's other, seemingly more benign, face)" (Joyce Carol Oates).

  2. The act or an instance of forgetting; total forgetfulness: sought the great oblivion of sleep.

  3. Official overlooking of offenses; amnesty.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin oblīviō, oblīviōn-, from oblīvīscī, to forget; see lei- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

oblivion 
1390, "state or fact of forgetting," from L. oblivionem (nom. oblivio) "forgetfulness," from oblivisci (pp. oblitus) "forget," originally "even out, smooth over," from ob "over" + root of levis "smooth." Oblivious is c.1450, from L. obliviosus "forgetful," from oblivio. It has lost its original sense of "no longer aware or mindful," however, and now means simply "unaware" (1862). Properly should be used with to, not of.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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