26984 words

omission

2 definitions • 5 examples
1
the act of not including something or someone that should have been included, or something or someone that has not been included that should have been:

Examples:

Measures to control child employment are a glaring (= very obvious) omission from new legislation to protect children.
There are some serious errors and omissions in the book.
The fans believed that the omission of Heacock from the team was a serious mistake.
2
the fact of not including something that should have been included, or the thing that is not included:

Examples:

We are not responsible for the omission of information from this website.
The document contained a lot of errors, omissions, and exaggerations.

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