Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oversight"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oversight \O"ver*sight`\, n.
1. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.
2. An overlooking; an omission; an error. --Hooker.
3. Escape from an overlooked peril. [R.] ``His fool-happy
oversight.'' --Spenser.
Syn: Superintendence; supervision; inspection; overlooking;
inadvertence; neglect; mistake; error; omission.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oversight
n 1: an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice
something [syn: {inadvertence}]
2: management by overseeing the performance or operation of a
person or group [syn: {supervision}, {supervising}, {superintendence}]
3: a mistake resulting from inattention [syn: {lapse}]
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