diff --git a/errs/ignore.go b/errs/ignore.go
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index 0000000..65ccb16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/errs/ignore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package errs
+
+// Ignore executes nullary input function f and ignores its error return
+// value. A typical use case is ignoring errors in the defer statements:
+//
+//   defer errs.Ignore(body.Close)
+func Ignore(f func() error) {
+	_ = f()
+}
diff --git a/errs/ignore_test.go b/errs/ignore_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f2dfab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/errs/ignore_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package errs
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestIgnore(t *testing.T) {
+	executed := false
+	f := func() error {
+		executed = true
+		return errors.New("💥")
+	}
+	Ignore(f)
+	require.True(t, executed)
+}