omit
verbUK /əʊˈmɪt/ · US /oʊˈmɪt/
Etymology At least by 1422, from late Middle English omitten, borrowed from Latin omittō (“to let go”), from ob- + mittō (“to send”), but also had the connotations “to fail to perform” and “to neglect”.
1
To leave out or exclude.
2
To fail to perform.
- She climbed out of the car and carefully omitted to lock it. She never left anything of value in it, and she found that it was to her advantage if people didn’t have to break anything in order to find that out.1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 136:
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Law Of text To delete or remove; to strike.
- In the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, omit sections 146(4) and 147(3) (homosexual acts as grounds for dismissal from the crew of merchant ships).2017, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017, section 1:
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Rare To neglect or take no notice of.