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omitting


verb (used with object), o·mit·ted, o·mit·ting.

  1. to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
  2. to forbear or fail to do, make, use, send, etc.: to omit a greeting.

verb omits, omitting or omitted (tr)

  1. to neglect to do or include
  2. to fail (to do something)

v.early 15c., from Latin omittere “let go, let fall,” figuratively “lay aside, disregard,” from assimilated form of ob (here perhaps intensive) + mittere “let go, send” (see mission). Related: Omitted; omitting.

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