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noun
Forgetfulness  n.  
1.
The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.
2.
Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion. "A sweet forgetfulness of human care."
3.
Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty.
Synonyms: Forgetfulnes, Oblivion. Forgetfulness is Anglo-Saxon, and oblivion is Latin. The former commonly has reference to persons, and marks a state of mind; the latter commonly has reference to things, and indicates a condition into which they are sunk. We blame a man for his forgetfulness; we speak of some old custom as buried in oblivion. But this discrimination is not strictly adhered to.





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"Forgetfulness" Quotes from Famous Books



... have never seen him angry. You have never confessed to him! A little, little sin—no larger than the eye of a fly—a little bite of a calf's sweetbread on Friday in mere forgetfulness, and Sancta Maria! what a penance is required! What suffering! It is a purgatory to have ...
— In Kedar's Tents • Henry Seton Merriman
... answered laughing, as she leaned back on the seat, throwing her arm behind her and resting her head on it. She caught him looking at her again with marked and almost startled intensity. He was rather strange with his alternations of apparent forgetfulness and this embarrassing scrutiny. ...
— Tristram of Blent - An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House • Anthony Hope
... and denied his rights in a Christian land, can help the whites of the North and South to rise, can be the inspiration of their rising, into this atmosphere of generous Christian brotherhood and self-forgetfulness, he will see in it a recompense for all that he has suffered in ...
— The Future of the American Negro • Booker T. Washington
... slid his hand toward hers and slipped his fingers softly around it. She made a slight movement of withdrawal, but even then—as if in forgetfulness or indifference—permitted her hand to rest unresponsively in his. It was scarcely an encouragement to gallantry, neither was it a rejection of an ...
— Selected Stories • Bret Harte
... It was a deceiving thought. Let him prove it false. Come to my garden to-morrow, and I will bring him to you there. I would not say this unless I were sure of him. And I tell you again, his salvation is in you. You have driven him to the drug of forgetfulness. You owe it to his soul to give him justice. For the ...
— The Guests Of Hercules • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson


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