omit

verb

ō-ˈmit 

ə-

omitted; omitting

transitive verb

1

: to leave out or leave unmentioned

omits one important detail

You can omit the salt from the recipe.

2

: to leave undone : fail

—usually used with to + a verb

They omitted to tell us the directions.

3

obsolete : disregard

4

obsolete : give up

Synonyms of omit

• forget
• fail

Examples of omit in a Sentence

Please don't omit any details.

you must not omit mentioning the sources you used in researching your paper

Recent Examples on the Web

No startup closes a serious enterprise contract without one; no vendor-security questionnaire omits it. — Amir Tarighat, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

But by that point, the government's own investigation had shown that wasn't true, and the government omitted that inconvenient evidence from its search warrant applications, Comey said. — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 30 July 2026

The mine wars were omitted from West Virginia school textbooks, replaced with a patriotic version of the coal industry’s history. — Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

The team’s senior vice president and general counsel, Jeff Dorso, spoke during the public comment and urged the council to omit language that would make the funding contingent upon vertical construction. — Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English omitten, from Latin omittere, from ob- toward + mittere to let go, send — more at ob-

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for omit

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit

Kids Definition

omit

verb

ō-ˈmit 

ə-

omitted; omitting

1

: to leave out

omitted your name from the list

2

: to fail to do : neglect

omitted to mention that it was my fault