oblitteratio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ob-littĕrātĭo (oblīt-), ōnis, f. [oblittero],

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.