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omission

o·mis·sion [ ō mísh'n ] (plural o·mis·sions)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. something left out: something that has been deliberately or accidentally left out or not done
errors and omissions excepted

2. omitting of something: the act of omitting something, or the state of being omitted
The omission of those three words changed the sense of the whole paragraph.

[14th century. Via Old French< late Latin omission-< omittere "omit"]
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