Synonyms for omission
oʊˈmɪʃ ənomis·sion

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1. omission

   Neglect (Latin nec, not, and lego, gather) is the failing to take such care, show such attention, pay such courtesy, etc., as may be rightfully or reasonably expected. Negligence, which is the same in origin, may be used in almost the same sense, but with a slighter force, as when Whittier speaks of "the negligence which friendship loves;" but negligence is often used to denote the quality or trait of character of which the act is a manifestation, or to denote the habit of neglecting that which ought to be done. Neglect is transitive, negligence is intransitive; we speak of neglect of his books, friends, or duties, in which cases we could not use negligence; negligence in dress implies want of care as to its arrangement, tidiness, etc.; neglect of one's garments would imply leaving them exposed to defacement or injury, as by dust, moths, etc. Neglect has a passive sense which negligence has not; the child was suffering from neglect, i. e., from being neglected by others; the child was suffering from negligence would imply that he himself was neglectful. The distinction sometimes made that neglect denotes the act, and negligence the habit, is but partially true; one may be guilty of habitual neglect of duty; the wife may suffer from her husband's constant neglect, while the negligence which causes a railroad accident may be that of a moment, and on the part of one ordinarily careful and attentive; in such cases the law provides punishment for criminal negligence.

   See synonyms for CARE.

   Synonyms:
   carelessness, default, disregard, disrespect, failure, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, indifference, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, oversight, remissness, scorn, slackness, slight, thoughtlessness

   Preposition:
   Neglect of duty, of the child by the parent; there was neglect on the part of the teacher.

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1. omission

   Synonyms:
   oversight, exclusion

   Antonyms:
   attention, insertion, notice

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. omission, skipnoun

   a mistake resulting from neglect

   Synonyms:
   deletion, skip

2. omissionnoun

   something that has been omitted

   "she searched the table for omissions"

   Synonyms:
   deletion, skip

3. omission, deletionnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   deletion, skip, excision, cut

4. omissionnoun

   neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something

   Synonyms:
   deletion, skip

Matched Categories

1. • Linguistic Process
   • Mistake
   • Neglect

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1. omissionnoun

   Synonyms:
   failure, neglect, default

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1. omissionnoun

   Synonyms:
   default, oversight, neglect, pretermission, omittance, non-performance

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1. List of paraphrases for "omission":

   failure, omissions, negligence, oversight, non-inclusion, inaction, shortcoming, neglect, omitted, gap, loophole

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How to use omission in a sentence?

1. Mark Twain:

   Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.

2. Marya Mannes:

   The great omission in American life is solitude. . . that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incinerator of the spirit.

3. Joseph Nkaissery:

   I warn all officers responsible for maintaining security across the country ... (that they) will be held personally accountable for any acts of omission or commission that endanger the lives and property of Kenyans.

4. 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.

5. 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.