Synonyms for oblivion
əˈblɪv i ənobliv·ion

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1. oblivionnoun

   Antonyms:
   resurrection

2. oblivionnoun

   Antonyms:
   resurrection

3. oblivionnoun

   Antonyms:
   resurrection

4. oblivionnoun

   Antonyms:
   resurrection

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1. oblivionnoun

   Acquittal is a release from a charge, after trial, as not guilty. Pardon is a removal of penalty from one who has been adjudged guilty. Acquittal is by the decision of a court, commonly of a jury; pardon is the act of the executive. An innocent man may demand acquittal, and need not plead for pardon. Pardon supposes an offense; yet, as our laws stand, to grant a pardon is sometimes the only way to release one who has been wrongly convicted. Oblivion, from the Latin, signifies overlooking and virtually forgetting an offense, so that the offender stands before the law in all respects as if it had never been committed. Amnesty brings the same idea through the Greek. Pardon affects individuals; amnesty and oblivion are said of great numbers. Pardon is oftenest applied to the ordinary administration of law; amnesty, to national and military affairs. An amnesty is issued after war, insurrection, or rebellion; it is often granted by "an act of oblivion," and includes a full pardon of all offenders who come within its provisions. Absolution is a religious word (compare synonyms for ABSOLVE). Remission is a discharge from penalty; as, the remission of a fine.

   Synonyms:
   absolution, acquittal, amnesty, forbearance, forgiveness, mercy, pardon, pardon, remission

   Antonyms:
   penalty, punishment, retaliation, retribution, vengeance

   Preposition:
   A pardon to or for the offenders; for all offenses; the pardon of offenders or offenses.

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1. oblivionnoun

   Synonyms:
   forgetfulness, disremembrance

   Antonyms:
   remembrance, recollection, memory, reminiscence, commemoration, celebration

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1. oblivion, limbonoun

   the state of being disregarded or forgotten

   Synonyms:
   limbo, obliviousness

2. obliviousness, oblivionnoun

   total forgetfulness

   "he sought the great oblivion of sleep"

   Synonyms:
   limbo, obliviousness

Matched Categories

1. • Forgetfulness
   • Obscurity

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1. oblivionnoun

   Synonyms:
   forgetfulness (oblivion refers especially to the thing forgotten)

2. oblivionnoun

   Synonyms:
   amnesty, general pardon

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1. List of paraphrases for "oblivion":

   forgetfulness, wayside, neglect, eternity

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1. Hyman Rickover:

   Be ever questioning. Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion. You don't go to heaven if you die dumb. Become better informed. Lean from others' mistakes. You could not live long enough to make them all yourself.

2. Fred Allen:

   We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.

3. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Oblivion cures the old wounds.

4. Robin Green:

   That's the whole thing with the hog. It's you and 80 wild horses under your butt, just sitting on 10 square inches where the rubber meets the road. That hurricane gale wind whipping you in the face, leaning into a curve you can feel that gravity wanting to suck you down into it and what do you do Give it a little more gas. Pure centrifugal force. You can see yourself hurtling ass end over teakettle into oblivion.

5. State John Kerry:

   You can't bomb knowledge into oblivion unless you kill everybody. You can't bomb it away, the question is, can you provide an adequate level ... of intrusive inspections, structured tough requirements, limitations, all the insights necessary to be able to know to a certainty that a program is peaceful.