Meanings
plural obliviations
- countableuncountableTotal removal or erasure.
The result is, three months after taking the first dose, an entire obliviation of the varicosed portion of the vein, with complete absorption of the mass.
1890, Journal of Materia Medica, volume 28, page 1481 more example
She has taken a prominent part in all reform movements, the abolition of slavery, the obliviation of the rum power and guarding the sanctity of the Christian Sabbath, etc.
1905, Methodist Protestant Church. Ohio Conference, Official Minutes
Origin
From obliviate (“to forget; to wipe from existence”) + -ion (noun-forming suffix).
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