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third-person singular simple present omits, present participle omitting, simple past and past participle omitted
(transitive) To leave out or exclude. examples
(intransitive) To fail to perform. quotations examples
She climbed out of the car and carefully omitted to lock it. She never left anything of value in it, and she found that it was to her advantage if people didn’t have to break anything in order to find that out.
1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 136
(transitive, law, of text) To delete or remove; to strike. quotations examples
In the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, omit sections 146(4) and 147(3) (homosexual acts as grounds for dismissal from the crew of merchant ships).
2017, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017, section 1
(transitive, rare) To neglect or take no notice of.