Added 9 October 2026
omission
/ə(ʊ)ˈmɪʃ.ən/ noun
In Latin: praetermissiō, omissiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about omission at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The act of omitting.
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The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
E&O insurance (for errors and omissions) covers both errors of commission and errors of omission.
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An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.
The suspicious omissions in the new edition of the book attracted claims of censorship.
Origin
From Middle English omissioun, from Old French omission, from Late Latin omissio, omissionem, from Latin omitto.
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