omission

Language: en

🇺🇸 /oʊˈmɪʃən/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The act of leaving out or excluding something; the failure to include something.; Something that has been left out or neglected; a thing that is missing.; The failure to do something that one is expected or required to do; neglect of duty.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: omissions

Collocations

sin of omissionby omissionact of omissioncommission and omissionerrors and omissions

Derivatives

omitomissibleomissive

Synonyms

exclusionneglectoversightdeletioneliminationfailure

Antonyms

inclusionadditioncommission

Commonly confused

commission
EN: 'Commission' refers to the act of doing something (especially something wrong), while 'omission' refers to the failure to do something.
omittance
EN: 'Omittance' is a rare/nonstandard variant; 'omission' is the correct and standard noun form of 'omit'.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'omission' has a double 's' (not 'omision'). It follows the pattern of 'permit → permission', 'submit → submission'.

💬 Examples

  1. The omission of his name from the list was clearly intentional.

  2. The report contained several glaring omissions that undermined its credibility.

  3. He was charged with a crime of omission for failing to report the accident.