Omissive: alternatives and connections

The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband, or child; desertion.

The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus,…

To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or disc…

a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality…

An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 1…

In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.

A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, l…

abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get ‘pud’ from ‘pudding’ by apocope"

To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.

Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fractu…

The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B.

A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.

The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. Sh…

A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.

To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below…

An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving…

To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality…