2 definitions found
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 1.6 [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: passing over something out of neglect
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