lacuna
Definitions of lacuna
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a flaw or weak pointsynonyms: astenia, debolezza, deficienza, delicatezza, fiacchezza, fragilità, gracilità, languore, mancamento, mancanzatype of:imperfezionethe state or an instance of being imperfect
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a region that is devoid of matter
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total forgetfulnesssynonyms: dimenticanza, oblio
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