forgetfulness
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fəˈɡɛtfʊlnɪs/
Noun
forgetfulness (usually uncountable, plural forgetfulnesses)
- The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
- Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
- Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention.
- forgetfulness of duty
Translations
proneness to let slip from the mind
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loss of remembrance
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failure to bear in mind
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References
- forgetfulness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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