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Paraleipsis :: Paraleipsis (n.) A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice..

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..

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..

Stetted :: Stet (subj. 3d pers. sing.) Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain..

Failance :: Failance (n.) Fault; failure; omission.

Negligence :: Negligence (n.) The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e..

Nonclaim :: Nonclaim (n.) A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.

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

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet..

Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc..

Nondelivery :: Nondelivery (n.) A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.

Miss :: Miss (v. t.) To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want.

Dele :: Dele (v. t.) To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.

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