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omission [əʊˈmɪʃən] n
1. something that has been omitted or neglected 2. the act of omitting or the state of having been omitted [from Latin omissiō, from omittere to omit] omissive adj omissiveness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
omission noun 1. exclusion, removal, leaving out, elimination, deletion, excision, noninclusion her omission from the guest list exclusion addition, inclusion, insertion, incorporation 3. failure, neglect, default, negligence, oversight, carelessness, dereliction, forgetfulness, slackness, laxity, laxness, slovenliness, neglectfulness, remissness an injury occasioned by any omission of the defendant Translations omission n (= omitting: of word, detail etc) → Auslassen nt; (= word, thing etc left out) → Auslassung f; (= failure to do sth) → Unterlassung f; with the omission of … → unter Auslassung (+gen) → …; sin of omission (Eccl, fig) → Unterlassungssünde f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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As writers of travels among barbarous communities are generally very diffuse on these subjects, he deems it right to advert to what may be considered a culpable omission. A supply of the omission is one of the lesser instances in which the convention have improved on the model before them. Specious arguments of danger to the common liberty could easily be contrived; plausible excuses for the deficiencies of the party could, without difficulty, be invented to alarm the apprehensions, inflame the passions, and conciliate the good-will, even of those States which were not chargeable with any violation or omission of duty. |
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