The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
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Same as Apheresis.
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The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
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The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.
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Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues whi…
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The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
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The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of bein…
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Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
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Alt. of Inadvertency
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Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.
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The act of passing by or omitting; omission.
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Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…
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To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
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A wandering; a roving or irregular course.
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Defect; want; lack; default.
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To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
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Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…
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A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
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A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
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To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.
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To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.
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Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.
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A basket. See Skep.
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