oversight \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\noun Etymology: Middle English, from overseen to oversee, after Middle English seen to see: sight 1.: watchful care : general supervision : management < you to whom oversight of the University is entrusted — N.M.Pusey > 2.: an act of overlooking or something overlooked : omission or error due to inadvertence < whether by oversight or intention — G.B.Shaw >