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What does forgetfulness mean?

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Noun
  1. The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
  2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
  3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention.
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We should be looking for forgiveness, atonement and forgetfulness in these instances so that we can live together in the future.
The traditions of the citizens were abolished, the immaculate webs of tradition obscured by the dust of centuries, the dust of forgetfulness.
The court considered a belief may be honestly held whether it stems from intoxication, stupidity, forgetfulness or inattention.
In neat testimony to the process, in academic publishing, history has been collapsing into memory, memory into trauma, and trauma into studies of silence and forgetfulness.
Ordinary forgetfulness that emerges after a trauma must not be confused with amnesia for the trauma.
Many of us were concerned about his increasing forgetfulness, but he had been unreceptive to gentle suggestions about downsizing or getting help.

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