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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

  1. noun A state of being completely forgotten or no longer existing.
  2. noun A total loss of awareness, as in deep sleep or unconsciousness.

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