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obliviscence

obliviscence noun: forgetfulness.

Noun

obliviscence (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Forgetfulness.
    • It must not be numbered among the obliviscences and reticenses of the candid reader, that this man, who had been [...] declared by the head of the Church of Christ, in a public instrument for the instruction and direction of all the faithful, that he was a man of very unsound doctrine, and guilty...1824, Francis Plowden, “Of Tithes and Other Church Property”, in Human Subordination: Being an Elementary Disquisition Concerning the Civil and Spiritual Power and Authority, […], Paris; London: […]...
    • Since each representation which passes out of consciousness continues to exist in the soul as an unconscious product (where we cannot tell; the soul is not in space), it is not retention, but obliviscence which needs explanation.1893, Richard Falckenberg, History of Modern Philosophy

Questions about obliviscence

What does obliviscence mean?
Obliviscence means forgetfulness.
What part of speech is obliviscence?
Obliviscence is a noun.

Words near obliviscence in the dictionary

  1. oblivious transfer
  2. oblivious transfers
  3. obliviously
  4. obliviousness
  5. obliviousnesses
  6. obliviscence
  7. oblivium
  8. oblocutor
  9. oblocutors
  10. obloid
  11. obloids

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