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omission |
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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