omit

To omit is to leave something out or to fail to do something.

(verb)

An example of to omit is to tell your spouse about your trip but you fail to mention that you lost your wallet.

See omit in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb omitted, omitting

Origin: ME omitten < L omittere < ob- (see ob-) + mittere, to send: see mission

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See omit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb o·mit·ted, o·mit·ting, o·mits

Origin:

Origin: Middle English omitten

Origin: , from Latin omittere

Origin: : ob-, against, away; see ob-

Origin: + mittere, to send

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