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omission

Syllabification: (o·mis·sion)

Pronunciation: /ōˈmiSHən/

Definition of omission

someone or something that has been left out or excluded:there are glaring omissions in the report
the action of excluding or leaving out someone or something:the omission of recent publications from his bibliography
a failure to do something, especially something that one has a moral or legal obligation to do:to pay compensation for a wrongful act or omission

Derivatives

late Middle English: from late Latin omissio(n-), from the verb omittere (see omit)

Spell omission with one m and a double s.the book has many serious and significant omissions.

Definition of omission in the British & World English dictionary

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