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, oblivion, obliviousness

2. obliviousness, oblivionnoun

   total forgetfulness

   "he sought the great oblivion of sleep"

   Synonyms:
   limbo, oblivion, 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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How to use OBLIVION in a sentence?

1. Max Beerbohm:

   It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion.

2. Mark Twain:

   Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

3. D. H. Lawrence:

   Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or Jesus spoke the nightingale sang, and long after the words of Jesus and Buddha are gone into oblivion the nightingale still will sing. Because it is neither preaching nor commanding nor urging. It is just singing. And in the beginning was not a Word, but a chirrup.

4. 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.

5. John Koenig:

   We like to think that every moment has potential, that there’s something transcendent hidden all around, that if you’d only stop to seize the day, you could hold onto it and carry it with you. But the truth is, most of life is forgotten instantly, almost as it’s happening. Chances are that even a day like today will slip through your fingers and dissolve into oblivion, washed clean by the tides.