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Omission definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OMIS'SION, n. [L. omissio, from omitto, omissus.]
1. Neglect or failure to do something which a person had power to do, or which duty required to be done. Omission may be innocent or criminal; innocent, when no duty demands performance, but criminal when duty is neglected.
The most natural division of all offenses, is into those of omission and those of commission.
2. A leaving out; neglect or failure; to insert or mention; as the omission of a word or clause.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: omission, skip]
2: something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions"
3: any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases [syn: omission, deletion]
4: neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English omissioun, from Anglo-French omission, from Late Latin omission-, omissio, from Latin omittere Date: 14th century 1. a. something neglected or left undone b. apathy toward or neglect of duty 2. the act of omitting ; the state of being omitted

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of omitting or being omitted. 2 something that has been omitted or overlooked. Derivatives: omissive adj. Etymology: ME f. OF omission or LL omissio (as OMIT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Omission O*mis"sion, n. [L. omissio: cf. F. omission. See Omit.] 1. The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty. The most natural division of all offenses is into those of omission and those of commission. --Addison. 2. That which is omitted or is left undone.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(omissions) 1. An omission is something that has not been included or has not been done, either deliberately or accidentally. The duke was surprised by his wife's omission from the guest list. ? inclusion N-COUNT 2. Omission is the act of not including a particular person or thing or of not doing something. ...the prosecution's seemingly malicious omission of recorded evidence. N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Failure, neglect, default, oversight.

Moby Thesaurus

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