omit

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: o=mit

CIDE DICTIONARY

omit, v. t. [L. omittere, omissum; ob (see Ob- + mittere to cause to go, let go, send. See Mission.].

•  To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.  [1913 Webster]

  "These personal comparisons I omit."  [1913 Webster]
•  To forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect; to pass over.  [1913 Webster]

  "Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

omit, v.tr. (omitted, omitting)
1 leave out; not insert or include.
2 leave undone.
3 (foll. by verbal noun or to + infin.) fail or neglect (omitted saying anything; omitted to say).

Derivative

omissible adj.

Etymology

ME f. L omittere omiss- (as OB-, mittere send)

THESAURUS

omit

abandon, abbreviate, abridge, ban, bar, bar out, blink at, blockade, blot out, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, cancel, censor, count out, cross out, cut, cut off, cut out, debar, dele, delete, discount, disregard, edit, edit out, embargo, eradicate, erase, except, exclude, expunge, expurgate, fail, forget, freeze out, goldbrick, goof off, ignore, jump, keep out, kill, leave, leave loose ends, leave out, leave undone, let alone, let be, let dangle, let go, let slide, lock out, malinger, miss, neglect, obliterate, ostracize, overlook, overpass, pass over, pass up, preclude, pretermit, procrastinate, prohibit, reject, relegate, repudiate, rescind, rub out, send to Coventry, shirk, shut out, skip, slack, slight, strike, strike off, strike out, taboo, trifle, void

ROGET THESAURUS

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Exclusion

VB be excluded from, exclude, bar, leave out, shut out, bar out, reject, repudiate, blackball, lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside, relegate, segregate, throw overboard, strike off, strike out, neglect, banish, separate, pass over, omit, garble, eliminate, weed, winnow, be secluded, live secluded, keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background, keep snug, shut oneself up, deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux, retire, retire from the world, take the veil, abandon, sport one's oak, cut, cut dead, refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge, look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon, repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate, banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round, depopulate, dispeople, unpeople.

Nonobservance

VB fail, neglect, omit, elude, evade, give the go-by to, set aside, ignore, shut one's eyes to, close one's eyes to, infringe, transgress, violate, pirate, break, trample under foot, do violence to, drive a coach and six through, discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and void, cancel, retract, go back from, be off, forfeit, go from one's word, palter, stretch a point, strain a point.

Neglect

VB be negligent, take no care of &c (take care of), neglect, let slip, let go, lay aside, set aside, cst aside, put aside, keep out of sight, put out of sight, lose sight of, overlook, disregard, pass over, pas by, let pass, blink, wink at, connive at, gloss over, take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of, pay no regard to, laisser aller, scamp, trifle, fribble, do by halves, cut, slight, play with, trifle with, slur, skim, skim the surface, effleurer, take a cursory view of, slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over, pretermit, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink, table, ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to, leave out of one's calculation, not attend to, not mind, not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with, forget, be caught napping, leave a loose thread, let the grass grow under one's feet, render neglectful, put off one's guard, throw off one's guard, distract, divert.