Word Meanings - OBLIVION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness. Second childishness and mere oblivion. Shak. Among our crimes oblivion may be set. Dryden The origin of our city will be buried in eternal oblivion.

Additional info about word: OBLIVION

1. The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness. Second childishness and mere oblivion. Shak. Among our crimes oblivion may be set. Dryden The origin of our city will be buried in eternal oblivion. W. Irving. 2. Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion. Sir J. Davies. Syn. -- See Forgetfulness.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OBLIVION)

• Lethargy
• Drowsiness
• torpor
• oblivion
• stupor
• swoon
• trance
• Silence
• Taciturnity
• stillness
• calm
• peace
• hush
• muteness
• secrecy

Related words: (words related to OBLIVION)

• PEACEBREAKER
  One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
• SECRECY
  1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. 2. That which is concealed; a secret. Shak. 3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
• DROWSINESS
  State of being drowsy. Milton.
• TORPOR
  1. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness. 2. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.
• SWOON
  To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away. The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. Lam. ii. 11. The most in years . . . swooned first away
• TORPORIFIC
  Tending to produce torpor.
• TRANCE
  A condition, often simulating death, in which there is a total suspension of the power of voluntary movement, with abolition of all evidences of mental activity and the reduction to a minimum of all the vital functions so that the patient lies still
• PEACEMAKER
  One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. Matt. v. 9. --Peace"mak`ing, n.
• STUPOR
  1. Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy. 2. Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.
• TACITURNITY
  Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking. The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. V. Knox. The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. Macaulay.
• PEACE
  A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose; specifically: Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies. Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law. Exemption from, or subjection
• MUTENESS
  The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.
• OBLIVION
  1. The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness. Second childishness and mere oblivion. Shak. Among our crimes oblivion may be set. Dryden The origin of our city will be buried in eternal oblivion.
• SILENCER
  The muffler of an internal-combustion engine. Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires. A device for silencing the report of a firearm shooting its projectiles singly, as a tubular attachment for the muzzle having
• SWOONING
  from Swoon, v. -- Swoon"ing*ly, adv.
• STILLNESS
  1. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity. Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of the Middle Ages. J. A. Symonds. 2. Habitual silence or quiet;
• PEACELESS
  Without peace; disturbed. Sandys.
• PEACEABLE
  Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome. -- Peace"a*ble*ness, n. -- Peace"a*bly, adv. Syn. -- Peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed; serene; still.
• SILENCE
  1. The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness. I saw and heared; for such a numerous host Fled not in silence through the frighted deep. Milton. 2. Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
• PEACEFUL
  1. Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end. 2. Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm;
• ASWOON
  In a swoon. Chaucer.
• ASWOONED
  In a swoon.
• DEMONSTRANCE
  Demonstration; proof. Holland.
• PENETRANCE; PENETRANCY
  The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia.
• UNPEACE
  Absence or lack of peace. Testament of Love.
• OUTRANCE
  The utmost or last extremity. Combat à outrance, a fight to the end, or to the death.
• REMONSTRANCE
  See MONSTRANCE (more info) 1. The act of remonstrating; as: A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration. You may marvel why I . . . would not rather Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power Than
• MAKE-PEACE
  A peacemaker. Shak.