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· Latin
oblīviō
2 English words descend from Latin
oblīviō
, most common first.
oblivion
The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
obliviate
To forget; to wipe from existence.