omissions
Things not included
Omissions are things that have been left out or not done.
An omission may be accidental—a name omitted from a guest list—or deliberate, as when someone withholds information.
In legal contexts, an omission can be as significant as an action: failing to report income or neglecting a duty of care.
The report's omissions were more telling than what it included.
The phrase sins of omission refers to wrongs committed by failing to act rather than by acting.
Failing to include
- deletionRemoval of content
- removalAct of taking away
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- excisionCutting out of tissue
cutting · redaction · censorship · expurgation · rejection · preclusion · elision · striking
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- inattentionLack of focus
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
inadvertence · lapse · dereliction · disregard · failure · slip · error · mistake
Deficiency or absence
- voidWithout legal effect
- gapUnfilled space between
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- vacancyUnoccupied space or position
emptiness · deficiency · shortage · nonexistence · dearth · paucity · want · lacuna
Act of hiding something
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- withholdingKeeping from another
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
- nondisclosureConcealment of information
coverup · reticence · evasion · stonewalling · hiding · hushing · censoring · redacting
leaving out
Failing to include
- deletionRemoval of content
- removalAct of taking away
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
excision · cutting · redaction · censorship · expurgation · rejection · preclusion · elision · striking · dropping
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- inattentionLack of focus
forgetfulness · inadvertence · lapse · dereliction · disregard · failure · slip · error · mistake · heedlessness
lack
Deficiency or absence
vacancy · emptiness · deficiency · shortage · nonexistence · dearth · paucity · want · lacuna · unavailability
concealment
Act of hiding something
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- withholdingKeeping from another
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
nondisclosure · coverup · reticence · evasion · stonewalling · hiding · hushing · censoring · redacting · muzzling
omissionsinclusions
Things placed within
additions · insertions · incorporations · integrations · entries
omissionscompletions
Acts of finishing
fulfillments · entirety · wholeness · comprehensive coverage · thoroughness
omissionscommissions
Payments for services rendered
actions · acts · deeds · performances · executions
- errors and omissionsMistakes and things left out
- intentional omissionPurposely leaving something out
- sins of omissionMoral failures through inaction
- glaring omission