Omission

Quick meaning: Omission is a noun meaning (uncountable) The act of omitting.

Meaning

(uncountable) The act of omitting.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
2. (countable) An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.
3. Something not done or neglected.
4. (grammar) 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.

Example Sentences

The lack of a sponge count was an omission by the surgical team.

The suspicious omissions in the new edition of the book attracted claims of censorship.

E&O insurance (for errors and omissions) covers both errors of commission and errors of omission.

Scots was not ‘banned’ outright — impossible anyway with so many Scots-speaking teachers but, like Gaelic, marginalised by omission.

Word Forms

• omissions

Synonyms for omission

Depending on context, synonyms include deletion, skip.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include deletion, skip, oversight, default, disregard, absence.

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