forgetfulness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FORGET'FULNESS, noun 1. The quality of losing the remembrance or recollection of a thing; or rather, the quality of being apt to let any thing slip from the mind. 2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion. A sweet forgetfulness of human care. 3. Neglect; negligence; careless omission; inattention; as forgetfulness of duty.
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