Definitions for omission
oʊˈmɪʃ ənomis·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. omission, skipnoun

   a mistake resulting from neglect

2. omissionnoun

   something that has been omitted

   "she searched the table for omissions"

3. omission, deletionnoun

   any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

4. omissionnoun

   neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. omissionnoun

   The act of omitting.

2. omissionnoun

   The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.

3. omissionnoun

   Something deleted or left out.

4. omissionnoun

   Something not done or neglected.

5. omissionnoun

   The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Omissionnoun

   Etymology: omissus, Lat.

   1. Neglect to do something; forbearance of something to be done.

   Would it not impose a total omission of physic. Brown.

   If he has made no provision for this great change, the omission can never be repaired, the time never redeemed. John Rogers, Serm. 12.

   2. Neglect of duty, opposed to commission or perpetration of crimes.

   Omission to do what is necessary,
   Seals a commission to a blank of danger. William Shakespeare.

   The most natural division of all offences, is into those of omission and those of commission. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

Matched Categories

1. • Linguistic Process
   • Mistake
   • Neglect

How to pronounce omission?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say omission in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of omission in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of omission in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of omission in a Sentence

1. Diane Yentel:

   There is a tremendous power imbalance in our housing system that tilts heavily in favor of landlords at the expense of low-income and other marginalized renters, putting families at greater risk of housing instability and homelessness and fueling racial inequity. one unfortunate omission from the White House Blueprint is any administrative action to hold corporate landlords accountable for egregious, predatory and often unlawful behavior during and since the pandemic.

2. Don Yee:

   Its omission of key facts and lines of inquiry suggest the investigators reached a conclusion first, and then determined so-called facts later.

3. Jeffrey McCall:

   That includes admitting errors of fact and errors in decision-making. News credibility is in deep decline and that is partly because news organizations can't bring themselves to honestly explain to the public when they have made mistakes.Further, when mistakes are acknowledged, they should get sufficient space and placement that readers can actually see them, the Hunter Biden laptop story is important on several levels.First, the story was ignored by most establishment media when it first broke, and what little coverage it received was largely to dismiss or debunk the scoop of the New York Post.The journalism of omission in this case was totally glaring in that the establishment media were clearly trying to protect the Biden family as the 2020 election was winding down.

4. Paul Callan:

   Cop shooting cases are always highly controversial and there is an awareness that the omission of any evidence may subject the prosecutor to future public criticism by either the family of the victim or by the police officers involved.

5. Wisoncin DOJ -RRB- McCall:

   This ‘ journalism of omission ’ is being done consciously and does a disservice to the news consuming public, context in news stories is important and the background of the alleged perpetrator is part of that context.It provides a sense of causation for why an event happened.Thesenews topics are sensitive, of course, but it does society no good when news outlets want to sanitize content in order to massage public perception.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=omission
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Omission
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=omission