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omission (1267)

omission (1267)

omissioun,  omissiun,  omyssion,  omyssioun  (omistioun  YBB Ed II iv 28)  
  FEW:  omittere 7,352b Gdf: GdfC:  omission 10,231b TL: omissïon 6,1098 DEAF:  omissïon  DMF:  omisson  TLF:  omission  OED:  omission n.  MED:  omissioun n.  DMLBS:  omissio 2019c

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1lawomission, failure to include something or to perform an action
( 1309 )  choce dount court ad fait omissioun ne serra prejudicial a la partie  YBB Ed II ii 152
( 1421 )  ascune enqueste, ou office de lever de guerre, ou ascune autre enqueste ou office prise ou trové en ceste partie, insufficience, repugnaunce, omyssioun des offices  Rot Parl1 iv 142
2theol.(referring to the sin of) omission, failure to include something or to perform an action
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  jeo ai pecché [...] par omission de bien, par commission de mal  Ancren2 114.10
pecché de omission
theol.sin of omission, a failure to perform a good act
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  peccher puent autrement En meinte manere mortueument, E par pecché de omissiun E pecché de commissiun  Lum Lais ANTS 2323

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omettre 
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omission