US /oʊˈmɪt/ UK /əˈmɪt/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to leave out or exclude, either deliberately or by oversight

    He chose to omit the more painful details from his account.

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Synonyms
1 verb · to leave out or exclude,... excludeleave outskipdropoverlookneglectdisregardforgo
Word family
Derived forms omissionomittedomittableomitter

Etymology

From Latin 'omittere' ('to let go, lay aside, leave out'), from 'ob-' ('toward, away') plus 'mittere' ('to send, let go').

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