unremember
Erase from mind
To unremember is to deliberately forget or erase from memory—the opposite of remember.
The word implies active forgetting rather than passive fading: I've tried to unremember that conversation.
It often suggests willful suppression of painful or unwanted memories: Some things are better unremembered.
Refuse to notice
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- skipTo deliberately exclude
omit · miss · gloss over · dismiss · slight · abandon · set aside · leave behind
Remove or erase
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- wipeRub to clean
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
efface · excise · eradicate · eliminate · remove · clear · blot out · scrub
Pathological loss of recall
Hold back forcibly
lock away · seal · compartmentalize · dissociate · detach · disconnect · shield · guard
ignore
Refuse to notice
skip · omit · miss · gloss over · dismiss · slight · abandon · set aside · leave behind · let go
delete
Remove or erase
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- wipeRub to clean
purge · efface · excise · eradicate · eliminate · remove · clear · blot out · scrub · extinguish
amnesia
Pathological loss of recall
vanish · slip · blank · haze · blur · fog · dim · lose · escape · elude
repress
Hold back forcibly
push away · lock away · seal · compartmentalize · dissociate · detach · disconnect · shield · guard · wall off
unrememberremember
Retain in mind
recall · recollect · memorize · retain · commit to memory
unremembermemorize
Fix in mind
learn by heart · commit to memory · imprint · encode · internalize
remember, remembers, remembered, remembering, remembrance, remembrancer, misremember, disremember, member