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View synonyms for omission

omission

[ oh-mish-uhn ]

noun

  1. the act of omitting.
  2. the state of being omitted.
  3. something left out, not done, or neglected:

    an important omission in a report.



omission

/ əʊˈmɪʃən /

noun

  1. something that has been omitted or neglected
  2. the act of omitting or the state of having been omitted


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Derived Forms

  • oˈmissive, adjective
  • oˈmissiveness, noun

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Other Words From

  • nono·mission noun
  • preo·mission noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of omission1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin omissiōn- (stem of omissiō ), equivalent to omiss ( us ) (past participle of omittere to let go; omit ) + -iōn- -ion; mission

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Word History and Origins

Origin of omission1

C14: from Latin omissiō, from omittere to omit

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Example Sentences

Remember when your parents taught you that a “lie by omission” is still a lie?

The omission of contributor information on future reports should not be assumed to be an oversight.

Whether the lack of liberal involvement in the museum is the result of commission or omission, it is puzzling.

THORNVILLE, Ohio—Notable omission: The drug bridge is no more.

So, the history of mass killing by omission begins, for many, with the Holocaust.

Then acute sensitiveness returned again—he felt the whole series of emotions over and over without one omission.

In all such cases of omission of duty a director is held responsible for the wrongs of his associates.

I do not remember to have heard if Sugden kicked his unmannerly guest: if he did not, I regret the omission.

The difference between the two statements is caused by the omission of the slaves from the latter statement.

But there are other laws, the power of repulsion, for instance, whose omission would be equally fatal.

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