omission

noun omis·sion \ ō-ˈmi-shən , ə- \

Definition of omission

1 a :something neglected or left undone

There are a few omissions in the list.

b :apathy toward or neglect of duty

The police officer was reprimanded for the omission of his duty to inform the suspect of his rights.

2 :the act of omitting :the state of being omitted

Her omission from the team was surprising.

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Examples of omission in a Sentence

There are a few omissions in the list.
the disk contains a selection of deleted scenes, and a couple of the omissions greatly add to the intelligibility of the movie's plot

Recent Examples of omission from the Web

To summarize, the indictment is an exercise in omission.

— andrew c. mccarthy, National Review, "The Very Strange Indictment of Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s IT Scammers," 21 Aug. 2017
Frontier Wealth Management is not responsible for any errors or omissions in, and provides no warranties with regards to the results obtained from the use of, the information.

— kansascity, "Do you know about the 2017 Kansas income tax rate changes?," 18 Aug. 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on CBS News that people were making too much of Trump’s omission.

— david a. graham, The Atlantic, "Trump, in Reversal, Explicitly Condemns White Supremacists," 14 Aug. 2017
Remember that Intel’s Core X-series family (also called the Core i9) was announced with several key omissions: namely the clock speeds of the 12-core Core i9-7920X and above, as well as the thermal design power, or TDP.

— mark hachman, PCWorld, "Intel releases final Core i9 specs and release dates—and Threadripper is faster (sometimes)," 7 Aug. 2017
Upon further investigation, Amelia's followers found similar omissions and discrepancies throughout her pictures.

— zoë weiner, Allure, "Travel Blogger Defends Instagram Images After Photoshop Accusations," 17 July 2017
That said, the nominations produced some noteworthy oversights, and perhaps inevitable sins of omission.

— brian lowry, CNN, "Emmys: What voters mostly got right -- and wrong," 13 July 2017
The omission of online ads could be a potential hurdle for those investigating alleged Russian meddling in last year's U.S. presidential election, according to the campaign finance lawyers, who are not involved in the probes.

— reuters, Fortune, "Meddling in the U.S. Election Is as Easy as Buying an Online Ad," 12 July 2017
But there’s been a glaring omission amid the explosive coverage: the many men playing important roles in this menstruation makeover.

— abigail jones, MSNBC Newsweek, "The Period Movement: Meet the Men Fighting to Stop Menstruation-Shaming in the Developing World," 12 July 2017

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Origin and Etymology of omission

Middle English omissioun, from Anglo-French omission, from Late Latin omission-, omissio, from Latin omittere

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First Known Use: 14th century

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omission Synonyms

Synonyms

deletion, elision

Related Words

elimination; blank, skip; lapse, slip; deduction, reduction, subtraction; default, delinquency, dereliction, failure, neglect, negligence, oversight, pretermission; abbreviation, condensation

Near Antonyms

inclusion; accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, increase, increment, more, plus, raise, rise, supplement

OMISSION Defined for English Language Learners

omission

noun

Definition of omission for English Language Learners

: something that has not been included or done : something that has been omitted
: the act of not including or doing something
: the state of being not included in something