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Synonyms for oblivion

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Synonyms for oblivion

freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness

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Synonyms for oblivion

the state of being disregarded or forgotten

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total forgetfulness

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"You may all go to bed, and I advise you to forget your worries just as completely as if you had drunk of the Water of Oblivion in the Forbidden Fountain.
For the rest, the waters of oblivion had closed over the old golden days at Greenwater Broad.
The viceroy, disappointed in his scheme, vented all his rage upon Father James, whom the patriarch had given him as his confessor; the good man was carried, bound hand and foot, into the middle of the camp; the viceroy gave the first stab in the throat, and all the rest struck him with their lances, and dipped their weapons in his blood, promising each other that they would never accept of any act of oblivion or terms of peace by which the Catholic religion was not abolished throughout the empire, and all those who professed it either banished or put to death.
The hunting season over, all past tricks and maneuvres are forgotten, all feuds and bickerings buried in oblivion. From the middle of June to the middle of September, all trapping is suspended; for the beavers are then shedding their furs and their skins are of little value.
That night, la Esmeralda had fallen asleep in her cell, full of oblivion, of hope, and of sweet thoughts.