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omission|əʊˈmɪʃən|
[ad. L. omissiōn-em, n. of action from omittĕre to omit. Cf. F. omission (1315 in Rolls of Parlt. I. 338/2).]
1. The action of omitting or leaving out, or fact of being omitted; failure or forbearance to insert or include; also, an instance of this.
1555J. Bradford Let. in Coverdale Lett. Mart. (1564) 318 Ioseph myghte haue obiected the omission of his vocation. 1628T. Spencer Logick 81 A cessation or omision of action. 1790Paley Horæ Paul. Rom. i. 10 To supply the omission in the preceding narrative. 1849Murchison Siluria iii. 60 The omissions of certain deposits in some parts. 1887Browning Parleyings, F. Furini ix, What does man see..but faults to mend, Omissions to supply?
2. The non-performance or neglect of action or duty; an instance of this.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 410 Many men in omissioun synne aȝenus crist. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 172 Yt synne..by the reason of wordes, dedes or thoughtes, omyssyons or other neglygences. 1597Howson Serm. 24 Dec. 40 We haue auoided all sinnes of omission and commission. 1667Pepys Diary 19 June, His faults to me seem only great omissions. 1841Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) III. viii. 121 If..he be sent to jail for my omissions, I should certainly not long remain to grieve over my sin, for such it is. |