2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.
To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral obliquity.
South. Oblite
(Ob"lite) a. [L. oblitus, p. p. pf oblinere to besmear.] Indistinct; slurred over. [Obs.] "Obscure
and oblite mention." Fuller.
Obliterate
(Ob*lit"er*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obliterated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Obliterating.] [L. obliteratus,
p. p. of obliterare to obliterate; ob (see Ob-) + litera, littera, letter. See Letter.]
1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to
obliterate the monuments of antiquity.
The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated.
W. Black. Obliterate
(Ob*lit"er*ate) a. (Zoöl.) Scarcely distinct; — applied to the markings of insects.
Obliteration
(Ob*lit`er*a"tion) n. [L. obliteratio: cf.F. oblitération.] The act of obliterating, or the state of
being obliterated; extinction. Sir. M. Hale.
Obliterative
(Ob*lit"er*a*tive) a. Tending or serving to obliterate.
Oblivion
(Ob*liv"i*on) n. [L. oblivio, akin to oblivisci to forget: cf. OF. oblivion.]
1. The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness.
Second childishness and mere oblivion.
Shak.
Among our crimes oblivion may be set.
Dryden
The origin of our city will be buried in eternal oblivion.
W. Irving. 2. Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion. Sir J. Davies.
Syn. — See Forgetfulness.
