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Noun: limbo  lim-bow
  1. The state of being disregarded or forgotten
    - oblivion
     
  2. An imaginary place for lost or neglected things
     
  3. (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)

Derived forms: limbos

Type of: fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place, obscurity

Encyclopedia: Limbo