noun
- The act of omitting, neglecting, or failing to do something that should be done; an instance of leaving something undone.
Usage: formal; legal/archaic
Examples
- The pretermissions in the contract led to disputes between the parties.
- His pretermissions of duty resulted in disciplinary action.
- The lawyer argued that the pretermissions were intentional and material to the case.
- Several pretermissions in the report made it incomplete and unreliable.
- The court found the defendant guilty of pretermissions in fulfilling the agreement.