All 3 Uses of
omission
in
Middlemarch
- The Maltese puppy was not offered to Celia; an omission which Dorothea afterwards thought of with surprise; but she blamed herself for it.†
Chpt 1 *
- Dorothea's faith supplied all that Mr. Casaubon's words seemed to leave unsaid: what believer sees a disturbing omission or infelicity?†
Chpt 1
- He walked up-stairs, candle in hand, not knowing whether he should straightway enter his own room and go to bed, or turn to the patient's room and rectify his omission.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(omission) something left out that should have been included
or:
a mistake resulting from neglect