ōˈmit, əˈm-, usu -id.+V transitive verb
( omitted ; omitted ; omitting ; omits )
Etymology: Middle English omitten, from Latin omittere, from ob- to, against, over + mittere to send — more at ob- , smite
1. : to leave out or leave unmentioned : fail to insert, include, or name
if you omit the industrial areas … this way of life is pastoral, parochial, picturesque — W.G.Hardy
will not wish to omit this valuable book from his reading — Harry Schwartz
2. : to fail to perform or make use of : leave alone or undone : forbear
nor could I think well of the man who should omit an occasion of testifying his respect — Jane Austen
most visitors omit to walk round the walls in their hurry — S.P.B.Mais
3. obsolete : to leave unnoticed or unregarded
omit him not; blunt not his love nor lose the good advantage of his grace — Shakespeare
4. obsolete : to refrain or cease from keeping : let go
traitors … having sense of beauty do omit their mortal natures — Shakespeare
Synonyms: see neglect