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Default :: Default (n.) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default..

Preterition :: Preterition (n.) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.

Sin :: Sin (n.) Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission..

Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called..

Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) Omission. See Ellipsis.

Reassert :: Reassert (v. t.) To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so.

Stethal :: Stet (v. t.) To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote..

Fast :: Fast (v. i.) Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.

Surcharge :: Surcharge (v. t.) To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is..

Surchargement :: Surcharge (n.) The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given..

Apocope :: Apocope (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word..

Pretermission :: Pretermission (n.) The act of passing by or omitting; omission.

Intromission :: Intromission (n.) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority..

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (v. t.) To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken..

Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers..

Nonjoinder :: Nonjoinder (n.) The omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which ought to be joined..

Influx :: Influx (n.) A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver..

Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..

Intromission :: Intromission (n.) The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.

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