forgetfulness

English

Noun

forgetfulness

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; as, forgetfulness of duty.

Translations

proneness to let slip from the mind

Czech: zapomnětlivost (cs) f. Dutch: vergeetachtigheid (nl) f., vergetelheid (nl) Finnish: muistamattomuus (fi), huonomuistisuus (fi), hajamielisyys (fi), unohtelu (fi) Latin: oblivio (la), oblivium (la), immemoratio (la) Russian: забывчивость (ru) (zabývčivost') f.

Spanish: desmemoriado (es) m. Telugu: మరుపు (te) (marupu) Turkish: unutkanlık (tr) Urdu: فراموشی (ur) (faraamoshi) f.

loss of remembrance

Finnish: unohdus (fi), muistinmenetys (fi), unohtaminen (fi)

failure to bear in mind

Finnish: unohdus (fi), unohtaminen (fi)

References

• forgetfulness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913