Meanings
nounomission (countable and uncountable, plural omissions)
plural omissions
- uncountableThe act of omitting.
Scots was not ‘banned’ outright — impossible anyway with so many Scots-speaking teachers but, like Gaelic, marginalised by omission.
2023, Clive Young, “chapter three: From Union to Devolution”, in Unlocking Scots: The Secret Life of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Luath Press Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 88Synonyms: preterition
- uncountableThe act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
E&O insurance (for errors and omissions) covers both errors of commission and errors of omission.
- countableAn instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.
The suspicious omissions in the new edition of the book attracted claims of censorship.
- countableuncountableSomething not done or neglected.
The lack of a sponge count was an omission by the surgical team.
- countableuncountablegrammarThe 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of omitting.
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nounany process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinomitto
- Late Latinomissio, omissionem
- Old Frenchomission
- Middle Englishomissioun
- Englishomission
From Middle English omissioun, from Old French omission, from Late Latin omissio, omissionem, from Latin omitto.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek παράλειψις
- παράλειψις (paráleipsis)the act of omitting
Arabic إِغْفَال
- إِغْفَال (ʔiḡfāl)the act of omitting
Bulgarian изпускане, пропускане
- изпускане (izpuskane)the act of omitting
- пропускане (propuskane)the act of omitting
- опущение (opuštenie)the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- небрежност (nebrežnost)the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- пропуск (propusk)something deleted or left out
- изпускане (izpuskane)grammar: the shortening of a word or phrase
Catalan omissió, omissió
- omissióthe act of omitting
- omissiósomething deleted or left out
Chinese Mandarin 省略, 不作為 /不作为
- 省略 (shěnglüè)the act of omitting
- 不作為 /不作为 (bùzuòwéi)the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
Esperanto preterlaso
- preterlasothe act of omitting
Finnish sivuuttaminen, välttäminen
- sivuuttaminenthe act of omitting
- välttäminenthe act of omitting
- väistäminenthe act of omitting
- pois jättäminenthe act of omitting
- laiminlyöntithe act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- poistosomething deleted or left out
- puutesomething deleted or left out
- laiminlyöntisomething not done or neglected
French omission, omission
- omissionthe act of omitting
- omissionsomething deleted or left out
- oublisomething deleted or left out
German Unterlassung, Unterlassen
- Unterlassungthe act of omitting
- Unterlassenthe act of omitting
- Unterlassenthe act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- Unterlassungthe act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- Auslassungsomething deleted or left out
- Unterlassungsomething not done or neglected
- Auslassunggrammar: the shortening of a word or phrase
Greek παράλειψη, παράλειψη
- παράλειψη (paráleipsi)the act of omitting
- παράλειψη (paráleipsi)the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- παράλειψη (paráleipsi)something deleted or left out
Hungarian kihagyás, elhagyás
- kihagyásthe act of omitting
- elhagyásthe act of omitting
- mulasztásthe act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- elmulasztásthe act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- kihagyássomething deleted or left out
- mulasztássomething not done or neglected
Irish faillí, faill
- faillíthe act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- faillthe act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
Italian omissione, omissione
- omissionethe act of omitting
- omissionethe act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- omissionesomething deleted or left out
- omissionesomething not done or neglected
Japanese 省略, 怠慢
- 省略 (shōryaku)the act of omitting
- 怠慢 (taiman)the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- 不作為 (fusakui)something not done or neglected
Korean 생략
- 생략 (saengnyak)the act of omitting
Latin praetermissiō, omissiō
- praetermissiōthe act of omitting
- omissiōthe act of omitting
Māori aweretanga, aweretanga
- aweretangathe act of omitting
- aweretangasomething deleted or left out
- rerengasomething deleted or left out
- kauwhitisomething deleted or left out
- aweretangasomething not done or neglected
- kauwhitisomething not done or neglected
Portuguese omissão, negligência
- omissãothe act of omitting
- negligênciathe act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- omissãosomething deleted or left out
- omissãosomething not done or neglected
Russian упуще́ние, опло́шность
- упуще́ние (upuščénije)the act of omitting
- опло́шность (oplóšnostʹ)the act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- про́пуск (própusk)something deleted or left out
- упуще́ние (upuščénije)something not done or neglected
- про́пуск (própusk)grammar: the shortening of a word or phrase
Spanish omisión, omisión
- omisiónthe act of omitting
- omisiónthe act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
- omisiónsomething deleted or left out
- omisiónsomething not done or neglected
Swedish utelämnande
- utelämnandethe act of omitting
Turkish unutmak, atlamak
- unutmakthe act of omitting
- atlamakthe act of omitting
- ihmal etmekthe act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with omission
editionpositioncommissionconditionadditionmissionpermissionnutritiontransmissionsubmissiontransitionacquisitionadmissionexhibitiontraditiontuitionemissionpartitionpropositionmusicianexpeditionignitionprohibitioninhibition
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
omission. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omission
MLA
“omission.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omission. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “omission,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omission.
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