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Oversight

Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.

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Broader term 6

Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Error 76% connected

A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fault 76% connected

Defect; want; lack; default.

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Management 76% connected

The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mistake 76% connected

To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Omission 76% connected

The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

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Derivationally related 4

Manage 74% connected

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Manage 74% connected

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Supervise 74% connected

To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Supervise 74% connected

To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Inadvertence 92% connected

Alt. of Inadvertency

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lapse 92% connected

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Superintendence 92% connected

The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction; supervision.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supervising 92% connected

of Supervise

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supervision 92% connected

The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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