Definition of omission

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Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

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Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..
Reassert :: Reassert (v. t.) To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so.
Intromission :: Intromission (n.) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority..
Asterisk :: Asterisk (n.) The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character..
Surchargement :: Surcharge (n.) The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given..
Nonattendance :: Nonattendance (n.) A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.
Nonuser :: Nonuser () Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
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..
Ellipsis :: Ellipsis (n.) Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire..
Nonclaim :: Nonclaim (n.) A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
Negligence :: Negligence (n.) The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.
Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
Surcharge :: Surcharge (v. t.) To show an omission 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..
Adosculation :: Adosculation (n.) Impregnation by external contact, without intromission..
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..
Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America..
Oversight :: Oversight (n.) An overlooking; an omission; an error.
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..
Pretermission :: Pretermission (n.) The act of passing by or omitting; omission.
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