lethe
Blissful blank slate
Lethe is poetic or literary forgetfulness or oblivion.
The word comes from Greek mythology, where Lethe was a river in the underworld whose waters caused the dead to forget their earthly lives.
In literary use, it suggests the bliss of forgetting pain or sorrow: She sought lethe in wine.
The adjective lethean means causing forgetfulness. (Capitalized Lethe is the mythological river.)
Failure to retain information
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- forgettingFailing to retain memories
- erasureAct of wiping away
- blanknessState of being empty
amnesia · fading · effacement · obliteration · lapse · dimming · unconsciousness
Freedom from disturbance
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- reliefEasing of distress
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
cessation · repose · quietude · liberation · freedom · healing · closure · absolution
Dreamers who forget duty
forgetfulness
Failure to retain information
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- forgettingFailing to retain memories
- erasureAct of wiping away
blankness · amnesia · fading · effacement · obliteration · lapse · dimming · unconsciousness
peace
Freedom from disturbance
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- reliefEasing of distress
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
surrender · cessation · repose · quietude · liberation · freedom · healing · closure · absolution · deliverance
lotus-eaters
Dreamers who forget duty
letheremembrance
Act of holding something in mind
memory · recall · recollection · reminiscence · anamnesis
lethewakefulness
State of being conscious
alertness · consciousness · awareness · lucidity · enlightenment
- non-lethal weaponsArmaments designed to incapacitate
- lethal injectionCapital punishment by needle
- lethal doseAmount causing death
- lethal forceViolence that kills
- Lethal WeaponKilling-capable instrument
- lethal drugsSubstances that kill