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

—The patient omitted taking his medication.

3

obsolete : disregard

4

obsolete : give up

Synonyms

• 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

Unfortunately, the sections of Douglass’s speech lauding American principles had been omitted. —Frederic J. Fransen, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2025

During his last presidency, Trump supported policies to investigate citizenship cases to see if people lied or omitted facts. —Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

Ha-Kohen omitted references to the Americas as Spanish territory and criticized the conquistadors for their brutality toward Indigenous peoples. —Flora Cassen, The Conversation, 27 June 2025

More importantly, the research simply omitted huge numbers of poor people from its data base. —Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025

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
• amrit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite

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