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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..

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..

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

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

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

Resignation :: Resignation (n.) The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission..

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..

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..

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

Omission :: Omission (n.) That which is omitted or is left undone.

Out :: Out (n.) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.

Crime :: Crime (n.) Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law..

Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.

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

Forgetfulness :: Forgetfulness (n.) Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty..

Delinquency :: Delinquency (n.) Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime.

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

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..

Non-feasance :: Non-feasance (n.) An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance..

Skip :: Skip (n.) The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

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