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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: omittere

omit

 verb
     
o‧mit past tense and past participle omitted, present participle omitting [transitive]
1 to not include someone or something, either deliberately or because you forget to do it [= leave out]:
Please don't omit any details, no matter how trivial they may seem.
omit something from something
Lisa's name had been omitted from the list of honor students.
2

omit to do something

formal to not do something, either because you forgot or deliberately
omit to mention/say/tell etc
Oliver omitted to mention that he was married.
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