Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Non mi ricordo.
2. The memory -failing, – deserting one, – being at (or in) fault.