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.
| 1555 J. Bradford Let. in Coverdale Lett. Mart. (1564) 318 Ioseph myghte haue obiected the omission of his vocation. 1628 T. Spencer Logick 81 A cessation or omision of action. 1790 Paley Horæ Paul. Rom. i. 10 To supply the omission in the preceding narrative. 1849 Murchison Siluria iii. 60 The omissions of certain deposits in some parts. 1887 Browning 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.
| c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 410 Many men in omissioun synne aȝenus crist. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 172 Y{supt} synne..by the reason of wordes, dedes or thoughtes, omyssyons or other neglygences. 1597 Howson Serm. 24 Dec. 40 We haue auoided all sinnes of omission and commission. 1667 Pepys Diary 19 June, His faults to me seem only great omissions. 1841 Miss 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. |