| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties |
| Division (I) Formation of Ideas |
| Section VI. Extension of Thought |
| 1. To the Past |
| 506. Oblivion. |
| NOUN: | OBLIVION; forgetfulness &c. adj.; [See obliteration] of -, [See insensibility] to- the past. short -, treacherous -, loose -, slippery -, failing- memory; decay -, failure -, lapse- of memory; mind -, memory- like a sieve; untrustworthy memory; waters of -Lethe, - oblivion; amnesia. AMNESTY, general pardon. |
| VERB: | FORGET; be forgetful &c. adj.; fall -, sink- into oblivion; have a short memory &c. n., have no head. forget one’s own name, have on the tip of one’s tongue, come in at one ear and go out at the other. slip -, escape -, fade from -, die away from- the memory; lose, lose sight of. EFFACE [See obliteration] -, discharge- from the memory; unlearn; consign to -oblivion, - the tomb of the Capulets; think no more of (turn the attention from) [See Inattention]; cast behind one’s back, wean one’s thoughts from; let bygones be bygones (forgive) [See Forgiveness]. |
| ADJECTIVE: | FORGOTTEN &c. v.; unremembered, past recollection, bygone, out of mind; buried -, sunk- in oblivion; clean forgotten; gone out of one’s -head, - recollection. FORGETFUL, oblivious, mindless, Lethean; insensible [See insensibility] to the past; heedless. |
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