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   omission

   /ə(ʊ)ˈmɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing that has been left out or excluded: "there are glaring omissions in the report" Similar deletioncutexclusiongapblanklacunahiatusoversightOpposite additioninclusion
   • ▪ the action of excluding or leaving out someone or something: "the omission of recent publications from his bibliography" Similar leaving outexclusionexceptionnon-inclusiondeletionerasurecutexcisioneliminationabsenceaphesisapheresisapocopeapostropheasyndetonelisionellipsisgappinghaplographyhaplologylipographysyncoperare:expunctionOpposite additioninclusion
   • ▪ a failure to fulfil a moral or legal obligation: "to pay compensation for a wrongful act or omission" Similar negligenceneglectneglectfulnessderelictionforgetfulnessoversightdisregardnon-fulfilmentdefaultlapsefailurenonjoinderrare:delinquencymisprisionOpposite conscientiousness

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin omissio(n-), from the verb omittere (see omit).

   Derivatives

   • 1. omissive adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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