I.a blotting out, erasing, effacing, obliteration; and, in partic., a blotting out from the memory, a forgetting, forgetfulness (postAug.): “aeris oblitteratio,” Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 47: “vetustatis,” Arn. 6, 194: “praeteritorum,” Amm. 30, 6, 1.
ob-littĕrātĭo (oblīt- ), ōnis, f. oblittero,