Vanishments

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The act of disappearing suddenly or being lost from sight
2. Instances where something fades away completely, leaving no trace
3. Moments characterized by the complete removal or absence of an object or presence

Etymology: "Vanishments" is the plural of "vanishment," a noun meaning acts of disappearing. The base word "vanish" came into English from Old French "vanir" (or "vaniss-", the stem used in some forms), which in turn came from Latin "evanescere," meaning to pass away or dissolve into thin air, built from "e-" (out) and "vanescere," a verb meaning to fade away. The ending "-ment" is a suffix borrowed through French from Latin "-mentum," used to form nouns that name an action, its result, or the means of doing something, as in "judgment" or "movement." Attaching it to "vanish" gives a noun for the act or event of vanishing, so the form simply denotes instances of things going out of sight. The plural "vanishments" counts those separate events.

Synonyms: disappearances, departures, evaporations, absences, fades

Antonyms: appearances, arrivals, manifestations, emergences, presentations