Associations to the word «Omission»
Noun
- Cant
- Liability
- Negligence
- Error
- Substitution
- Distortion
- Neglect
- Sin
- Insertion
- Datum
- Iceberg
- Discrepancy
- Hemingway
- Alteration
- Pronoun
- Duplication
- Reserve
- Bias
- Ambiguity
- Offence
- Repetition
- Consonant
- Syllable
- Inclusion
- Precept
- Oversight
- Deletion
- Disregard
- Rea
- Inflection
- Item
- Blunder
- Selector
- Commission
- Clause
- Mistake
- Breach
- Quotation
- Correction
- Investment
- Defect
- Defendant
- Plaintiff
- Fault
- Paragraph
- Failure
- Vowel
- Gamer
- Negation
- Scribe
- Shortcoming
- Act
- Manuscript
- Revision
- Caregiver
- Irregularity
Adjective
Wiktionary
OMISSION, noun. The act of omitting.
OMISSION, noun. The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
OMISSION, noun. Something deleted or left out.
OMISSION, noun. Something not done or neglected.
OMISSION, noun. (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.
Dictionary definition
OMISSION, noun. A mistake resulting from neglect.
OMISSION, noun. Something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions".
OMISSION, noun. Any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases.
OMISSION, noun. Neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.