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oblivions

oblivions is the plural of oblivion.

Meaning of oblivion

Noun

oblivion (usually uncountable, plural oblivions)

  1. (usually) The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
    • He regularly drank himself into oblivion.
  2. (usually) The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
    • Due to modern technology, many more people and much more information will not slip into oblivion, contrary to what happened throughout history until now.
  3. (usually) A form of purgatory.
  4. (obsolete, usually) Amnesty.

See all 5 meanings of oblivion

Questions about oblivions

What is oblivions the plural of?
Oblivions is the plural of oblivion.

Words near oblivions in the dictionary

  1. oblivioning
  2. oblivionize
  3. oblivionized
  4. oblivionizes
  5. oblivionizing
  6. oblivions
  7. obliviot
  8. obliviots
  9. oblivious
  10. oblivious transfer
  11. oblivious transfers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oblivions (page history and authors); oblivion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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