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Webster 1913 Edition
Forgetfulness
For-get′ful-ness
,Noun.
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.
Syn. –
Forgetfulnes
, Oblivion
. Forgetfulness is Anglo-Saxon, and oblivion is Latin. The former commonly has reference to persons, 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Forgetfulness
FORGET'FULNESS
, n.1.
The quality of losing the remembrance or recollection of a thing; or rather, the quality of being apt to let any thing slip from the mind.2.
Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.A sweet forgetfulness of human care.
3.
Neglect; negligence; careless omission; inattention; as forgetfulness of duty.