the state of being unconscious or unaware: the state of not knowing what is going on around you, the state of something that is not remembered, used, or thought about any more.Ģ.
His suffering has now ended, may he rest in peace.”ġ. As an alternative you might say, “ Tom’s father has died. I would not recommend this usage of oblivion, for the reasons stated above. That said, oblivion, in the sense of unconsciousness or unawareness does connote with a state of ignorance, which is often idiomatically characterized as " bliss,” e.g., “ ignorance is bliss.” Moreover, your example usage would not be understood as a “place” but rather as an “ existential state,” i.e., the state of non-being. To the ears of an everyday English-speaker, “ Tom's father died he's now in oblivion, resting blissfully in peace,” would likely be misunderstood, at best, as acerbic irony, and at worst as disrespect for the dead.
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