Hypertext Webster Gateway: "omission"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
omission
n 1: a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: {skip}]
2: something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for
omissions"
3: any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or
phrases [syn: {deletion}]
4: neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over
something
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