omission

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The act of omitting.
2. (uncountable) The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
3. (countable) An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.
4. (countable, uncountable) Something not done or neglected.
5. (countable, uncountable) The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect.

Synonyms

oversight

deletion

neglect

failure

abbreviation

elision

dereliction

mistake

default

skip

slip

defect

shortcoming

cut

error

exclusion

lack

abridgement

ellipsis

omit

abridgment

miss

removal

fault

failing

preterition

deficiency

nonfeasance

inattention

omitting

out

pass over

pretermission

pretermit

purge

remotion

reservation

shirking

transgressing

transgression

want

write-off

depreciation charge

miss out

something overlooked

thing left unnoticed

rounding down

omittance

failure to mention

passing over in silence

Translations

omission

omisión

Auslassung

omissió

omissão

omissione

παράλειψη

Fehler

Versäumnis

Versehen

oubli

إِسْقاط

Abkürzung

إِغْفال

nalatigheid

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈmɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: omissioun

In summary

From Middle English omissioun, from Old French omission, from Late Latin omissio, omissionem, from Latin omitto.