Both Uses of
omission
in
Emma
- It is on her account that attention to Randalls is doubly due, and she must doubly feel the omission.†
Chpt 1.17-18 *
- The bare possibility of it acted as a farther irritation on her spirits; and her being left in solitary grandeur, even supposing the omission to be intended as a compliment, was but poor comfort.†
Chpt 2.7-8
Definition:
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(omission) something left out that should have been included
or:
a mistake resulting from neglect