omission.

A failure to include information or perform an expected action.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• material omission
• omission of evidence

On the page

The omission of the second survey altered the apparent trend.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular omission; plural omissions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, description. Commonness: moderately common.