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单词 omission
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omissionn.

Brit. /ə(ʊ)ˈmɪʃn/, U.S. /oʊˈmɪʃ(ə)n/, /əˈmɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: Middle English omiscioun, Middle English omissioun, Middle English omissyon (in a late copy), Middle English omyssion, Middle English omyssioun, Middle English–1500s omyssyon, Middle English– omission, 1500s omition, 1500s ommition, 1600s omision, 1600s ommission; Scottish pre-1700 omissioun, pre-1700 ommission, pre-1700 1700s– omission.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French omission; Latin omission-, omissio.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman omission, omissioun (c1300 in sense 1) and Middle French omission (c1350; rare before 16th cent.; French omission ) and their etymon post-classical Latin omission-, omissio (4th cent.; very frequent in medieval penitential literature in sense 1) < classical Latin omiss- , past participial stem of omittere omit v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Italian omissione (a1342 as †ommissione).
1. The non-performance or neglect of an action which one has a moral duty or legal obligation to perform; an instance of this.Recorded earliest in sin of omission n. at Phrases.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > leaving undone
omissionc1400
leavinga1425
omittingc1450
pretermission1581
upsitting1680
defalcation1750
balking1783
c1400 Metrical Paraphr. Rolle's Form of Living 667 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 290 (MED) Sins of omiscioun I sall say sone, þat es, leueing of gudes vndone.
c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 96 (MED) We come into þe last poynt..knowleching in þis cours alle þe omyssiouns of hem and alle commyssiouns aȝens hem.
a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 410 (MED) Many men in omissioun synne aȝenus crist.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. MMMiii Yt syn..by the reason of wordes, dedes or thoughtes, omissions or other negligences.
1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. iv. sig. P.i I check the omission of your dutie, in not defending of my right.
1624 R. Bellings Sixth Bk. Arcadia 28 His Master, intreated that his unwillingnesse to be knowne, should excuse the omission of his dutie to the King.
1667 S. Pepys Diary 19 June (1974) VIII. 278 His faults to me seem only great omissions.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 188 After they saw the Officers..resolved to have them do their Duty, or be punish'd for the omission, they were more exact.
1752 H. Fielding Amelia IV. x. vii. 76 When they came to the Tavern, however, Booth recollected the Omission he had been guilty of the Night before.
1841 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. viii. 121 If..he be sent to jail for my omissions, I should certainly not long remain to grieve over my sin, for such it is.
1887 W. Carleton Burning of Chicago in Farm Legends 138 Thus went they quietly homeward, with sins and omissions confessed.
1980 B. Gilroy Sunlight on Sweet Water 23 Mr. Joseph, the chemist, lashed away at him for the least little act of omission in his countless duties.
1991 Sanity Jan. (Suppl.) 10/2 The magistrates..award Indra costs against an ‘improper act or omission’ by the CPS.
2.
a. The action of omitting, leaving out, or not including a person or thing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > [noun] > exclusion from a category, etc. > non-inclusion or omission
overleapOE
omissiona1440
overskippingc1450
setting bya1592
omittancea1616
elision1812
Passover1822
a1440 Chancery Proc. Ser. C1 File 9 No. 424 (MED) Bothe oblygaciouns and condiciouns were made and wretone..with out eny omissioun or varyaunce.
a1555 J. Bradford in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 318 Ioseph myghte haue obiected the omission of his vocation.
1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 46v To tell thee (my Shepheard) at length without omission, all the stately proceedings due this day to our great Goddesse.
1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 357 That error may be easily corrected by the omission of an intercalary day.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. vii. 61 He imputed the whole Behaviour of his Sister to her Humour only, and to her Dissatisfaction at the omission of Ceremony in the Visit. View more context for this quotation
1804 W. Blake Let. 21 Mar. (1972) 839 Beg pardon for the omission of Mr Braithwaite's two Prints.
1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xx, in Writings I. 206 The omission of the bonfires and the fireworks did pain me.
1983 B. Willis & A. Lee Captain's Diary ii. 26 The main questions concerned Chris Tavaré's omission from tomorrow's match.
1991 Music & Lett. 72 34 One oddity is the omission of all upper parts in ‘Vado, corro’, where the voice is left with only a bass line.
b. An instance of this; (concrete) a person or thing that has been omitted or passed over.great omission: see great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1e.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > [noun] > exclusion from a category, etc. > non-inclusion or omission > that which is
leaving-out1584
balk1596
omission1621
left-out1878
1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 103 I must not passe without paying the tribute of my best seruice, to the Princesse of all women; for how..would my heart blame me for such an omission?
1658 J. Quarles Hist. Dimorgoras iii. 83 I must implore the Reader to allow Pardon for an omission.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. v. 38 And tho' she hath not expresly forbidden me writing, yet that must be an Omission from Forgetfulness. View more context for this quotation
1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ Rom. i. 10 To supply the omission in the preceding narrative.
1859 R. I. Murchison Siluria (new ed.) iii. 63 The omissions of certain deposits in some parts.
a1894 R. L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston (1896) v. 142 As time went on, Archie began to observe an omission in the family chronicle. ‘Is there not a girl too?’ he asked.
1958 R. K. Narayan Guide xi. 208 Raju had mentioned without a single omission every detail from his birth to his emergence from the gates of the prison.
1988 Classical Rev. 38 427 He has missed a few passages which might have been included; but it is inevitable that a collection will show omissions.

Phrases

sin of omission n. a sinful failure to perform a good action, esp. one commanded by Christian teaching; also in extended use.
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c1400*Sin of omission [see sense 1].
a1450 (?1348) R. Rolle Form of Living (Cambr.) in Eng. Writings (1931) 99 Other many syns þar er of [v.r. as] omission, þat es, of levyng of gude undone.
1597 J. Howson Serm. 24 Dec. 40 We haue auoided all sinnes of omission and commission.
1668 P. Belon Relation of Country of Jansenia 79 For sins of omission are more pardonable than the others.
1704 R. Steele Lying Lover iii. i. 38 She is indeed a very Ceremonious Church-woman, and never is guilty of a Sin of Omission to any Lady of Quality.
1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. iii. 100 There should be no sins of omission.
1843 H. B. Stowe Mayflower 54 When scolded for these sins of omission or commission, she had a fit of crying.
1903 E. FitzGerald Oedipus i. 344 Well, then, to begin with the more venial sins of omission.
1988 F. Weldon Leader of Band iii. 20 Sins of omission, of failing to leave a forwarding address.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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