Thesaurus: forgetfulness

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1. n. The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.
2. n. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
3. n. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty.
4. n. tendency to forget
5. n. unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember
6. 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. Pope. 3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty. Syn. -- Forgetfulnes, Oblivion. Forgetfulness is Anglo-Saxon, and oblivion is Latin. The former commonly has reference to persons, and marks a state of mind, 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.
7. n:100 n. tendency to forget n. unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember