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   omit

   /ə(ʊ)ˈmɪt/

   verb

   • 1. leave out or exclude (someone or something), either intentionally or forgetfully: "he was omitted from the second Test" Similar leave outexcludefail to includeexceptshut outleave offtake outmiss outmissfail to mentionpass overdropdeletecuteraseeliminateelideexpungerub outcross outstrike outdispense withinformal:give something a missarchaic:overleappretermitOpposite addinclude
   • ▪ fail or neglect to do: "he modestly omits to mention that he was a pole-vault champion" Similar forgetneglectfailleave undoneoverlookignoreskipOpposite remember

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin omittere, from ob- ‘down’ + mittere ‘let go’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. omissible adjective
   • 2. omittable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • O

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • T

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