What is a synonym for "omission"?

Common synonyms include: abbreviation, abridgment, absence, arrearage, atrocity, bad policy.

Omission

//oʊˈmɪʃən// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
The act of omitting. uncountable
"Scots was not ‘banned’ outright — impossible anyway with so many Scots-speaking teachers but, like Gaelic, marginalised by omission."
2
a mistake resulting from neglect wordnet
3
The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do. uncountable
"E&O insurance (for errors and omissions) covers both errors of commission and errors of omission."
4
neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something wordnet
5
An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out. countable
"The suspicious omissions in the new edition of the book attracted claims of censorship."

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6
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases wordnet
7
Something not done or neglected. countable, uncountable
"The lack of a sponge count was an omission by the surgical team."
8
something that has been omitted wordnet
9
The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect. countable, uncountable