OBLIV'ION, noun [Latin oblivio.] 1. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance. Among our crimes oblivion may be set. 2. A forgetting of offenses, or remission of punishment. An act of oblivion is an amnesty, or general pardon of crimes and offenses, granted by a sovereign, by which punishment is remitted.
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