oubli — meaning in English
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English meaning
- forgetfulness noun The tendency or state of forgetting things.
- oblivion noun A state of being completely forgotten or no longer existing.
- omission noun The act of leaving something out, or something that has been left out.
- oversight noun A mistake made by failing to notice or consider something.
Senses
oubli is used for these senses in English:
- desuetude (uncountable) The state when something (for example, a custom or a law) is no longer observed nor practised; disuse, obsolescence; (countable) an instance of this.
- forgetfulness Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
- oblivion 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.
- omission (countable) An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.
- oversight An omission; something that is left out, missed, or forgotten.
oblivion — full definition
- noun A state of being completely forgotten or no longer existing.
- noun A total loss of awareness, as in deep sleep or unconsciousness.