forgetfulness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English forgetfulnes, forgetfulnesse, forȝetfulnesse, equivalent to forgetful + -ness.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]forgetfulness (usually uncountable, plural forgetfulnesses)
- The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
- Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
- Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention.
- forgetfulness of duty
Translations
[edit]proneness to let slip from the mind
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loss of remembrance
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failure to bear in mind
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “forgetfulness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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