omission
Something not included
Omission is leaving something out or failing to do something.
An omission can be accidental—a name dropped from a list—or deliberate: The report's omissions were telling.
In law and ethics, an omission may carry the same weight as an action: failing to report abuse, neglecting to disclose a conflict of interest.
Sins of omission are wrongs committed by not acting.
Unfilled space between
- voidWithout legal effect
- lacunaAbsent piece in sequence
- lackDeficiency or absence
- deficiencyLack of something needed
missing · emptiness · exclusion · deletion · removal · elision · ellipsis · blank
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- neglectFailure to provide care
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- inadvertenceUnintentional lack of care
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
inattention · forgetfulness · dereliction · slackness · heedlessness · unmindfulness · default · nonfeasance
Wrong action or decision
- slipMinor error or misstep
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- gaffeClumsy social error
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
inaccuracy · miscue · blooper · flub · boo-boo · faux pas · misstep · fumble
Being barred from participation
- skipTo deliberately exclude
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- evasionAct of escaping detection
circumvention · sidestepping · withholding · suppression · concealment · dodge · eschewing · abstention
Not verbally expressed
- unstatedNot openly expressed
- unsaidNot expressed verbally
- wordlessLacking spoken content
- tacitUnderstood without words
implied · unarticulated · withheld · unmentioned · undisclosed · unexpressed · reticence · secrecy
gap
Unfilled space between
deficiency · missing · emptiness · exclusion · deletion · removal · elision · ellipsis · blank · hiatus
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- neglectFailure to provide care
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- inadvertenceUnintentional lack of care
carelessness · inattention · forgetfulness · dereliction · slackness · heedlessness · unmindfulness · default · nonfeasance · irresponsibility
mistake
Wrong action or decision
oversight · inaccuracy · miscue · blooper · flub · boo-boo · faux pas · misstep · fumble · bungle
exclusion
Being barred from participation
evasion · circumvention · sidestepping · withholding · suppression · concealment · dodge · eschewing · abstention · leaving out
unspoken
Not verbally expressed
tacit · implied · unarticulated · withheld · unmentioned · undisclosed · unexpressed · reticence · secrecy · discretion
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- shorteningabbreviation, abbreviating, abridgment, truncating, truncation
- Copy Errorstypo, misspelling, misprint, transcription error, transposition
- counting mistakesmiscount, off-by-one, double count, undercount, overcount
- Accounting Errorsmisstatement, overstatement, understatement, rounding error
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Being made part
addition · insertion · incorporation · entry · mention
omissionaddition
Joining quantities mathematically
supplement · augmentation · increment · increase · accretion
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Being made part
remembrance · conscientiousness · care · thoroughness · diligence
- errors and omissionsMistakes and things left out
- intentional omissionPurposely leaving something out
- sins of omissionMoral failures through inaction
- glaring omission