Associations to the word «Forgetfulness»

Wiktionary

FORGETFULNESS, noun. The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
FORGETFULNESS, noun. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
FORGETFULNESS, noun. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention.

Dictionary definition

FORGETFULNESS, noun. Tendency to forget.
FORGETFULNESS, noun. Unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember; "his forgetfulness increased as he grew older".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope