intentional omission
Purposeful leaving out
Intentional omission is the deliberate choice to leave something out.
In law, it distinguishes culpable failure to act from mere oversight—a doctor who intentionally omits treatment may face different liability than one who simply forgets.
More broadly, it covers anything purposely excluded: The report's intentional omission of unfavorable data raised suspicions.
- neglectFailure to provide care
- looking awayDirecting eyes elsewhere
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- withholdingKeeping from another
- need to knowRestricted information access basis
concealment · suppression · swept under · erasure · memory hole · gap · blank · redaction · censorship · cover-up · evasion · dodge · sidestep · plausible deniability · blind eye · willful ignorance · selective · deliberate
intentional omissionoversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
slip · mistake · lapse · forgetfulness · accident
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