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Meanings of omission in English
Catholic term for a failure to do something one can and ought to do; if an omission happens deliberately and freely, it is considered a sin.
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Usage of omission in English
1
As yet, raceday temperature remains a regrettable omission from the form book.
2
The omission was denoted by the swallow fork in the left ear.
3
In the stress of the moment, Fenn had not noticed the omission.
4
Burr supplied the omission in every case and added the present address.
5
The omission comes after disappointing ratings in its first week this August.
6
The UN has also been guilty of failures of omission and commission.
7
Sensitivity analysis showed the omission of any study made no significant difference.
8
Sturridge is the main omission but that is justified, in my book.
9
Davenport's omission has echoes of King's bust-up with Jennifer Capriati last year.
10
Ruth had not expected to be kissed; so the omission passed unnoted.
11
Mr Jansa denies wrongdoing and says the omission was a simple mistake.
12
For us, the fact there is no camera is a major omission.
13
Why the omission and why the decision to now speak about it?
14
Therefore the sin of omission is graver than the sin of transgression.
15
The letter succeeding the omission contained no excuse, and it was brief.
16
This is the reason of the above remarked omission after 1Kings xix.
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Omission across language varieties
Australia
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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