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Verb
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Present participle for to fail to remember, or to discard from one's memory
disremembering
misrecollecting
obliviating
failing to recollect
unlearning
failing to recall
letting slip
clean forgetting
failing to remember
consigning to oblivion
dismissing from mind
drawing a blank
escaping one's memory
failing to think of
forgetting about
losing consciousness of
losing sight of
failing to bring to mind
letting slip from memory
losing track of
“He would forget the words to the song and would be reduced to stammering awkwardly on stage to the music.”
Verb
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Present participle for to erase from one's memory
abandoning
bypassing
dropping
blanking out
shutting out
burying
discounting
skipping
brushing off
ceasing to remember
laying aside
blanking over
ceasing to think of
erasing from your mind
having done with
putting away
setting aside
shrugging off
taking no notice of
thinking no more of
turning your back on
dismissing from mind
getting over
paying no heed to
putting behind you
slurring over
stopping thinking about
consigning to oblivion
erasing from memory
letting bygones be bygones
putting out of your mind
putting in the past
drawing a veil over
blotting out
“If they elect this dud, they can forget trying to regain any semblance of credibility.”
Verb
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Present participle for to neglect or ignore something, sometimes inadvertently
disregarding
ignoring
overlooking
overpassing
neglecting
omitting
skipping
missing
slighting
failing
pretermitting
shirking
passing over
paying no heed to
paying no attention to
paying no mind
failing to look after
leaving something undone
letting something slide
paying little attention to
failing to remember
losing sight of
losing track of
“I would forget to do the dishes last night and the roaches would treat themselves to a feast.”
Verb
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Present participle for to not bring or leave behind (something required)
leaving behind
omitting to take
“Silly me would forget my keys after leaving the house.”
Noun
▲
The action or state of paying no attention to something
disregard
indifference
neglect
heedlessness
inattention
insouciance
negligence
nonchalance
apathy
carelessness
casualness
complacence
disinterestedness
ignoring
oversight
torpor
unconcern
unmindfulness
contempt
disdain
disinterest
disrespect
incuriosity
incuriousness
oblivion
overlooking
disesteem
disfavorUS
disfavourUK
inadvertence
lassitude
neglecting
omission
omitting
scorn
slight
slighting
lack of attention
brush-off
lack of heed
lack of notice
non-observance
cold shoulder
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Noun
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A lapse or absence of memory
loss of memory
amnesia
forgetfulness
blackout
blankness
obliviousness
blank
blockout
fugue
hypomnesia
oblivion
paramnesia
memory loss
poor memory
short memory
lapse of memory
a total blank
lapse in memory
memory lapse
stupor
tendency to forget
fugue state
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