omit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb prevent from being included or considered or accepted
    take out; except; leave off; leave out; exclude.
    • The bad results were excluded from the report
    • Leave off the top piece
  2. verb leave undone or leave out
    pretermit; drop; overleap; leave out; overlook; miss; neglect.
    • How could I miss that typo?
    • The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten

WordNet

O*mit" transitive verb
Etymology
L. omittere, omissum; ob (see Ob- + mittere to cause to go, let go, send. See Mission.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Omitted; present participle & verbal noun Omitting
Definitions
  1. To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.
    These personal comparisons I omit. Bacon.
  2. To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect.
    Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age. Addison.

Webster 1913