Difference between omit and pretermit
Definitions
verb
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- leave undone or leave out
Examples
Two years later she was omitted from the European squad that relinquished the trophy in Minnesota.
Inhaling sandalwood oil lessens stress and can stop vomiting.
In some cases, the vomited milk may smell curdled because it has mixed with stomach acid.
Definitions
verb
- disregard intentionally or let pass
- leave undone or leave out
Examples
Since disherison was required to be express, one conditionally instituted was only pretermitted.
The scowl of the opposing parties, the blanched cheeks, the knit brows, and the grinding teeth, not pretermitting the deadly gleams that shoot from their kindled eyes, are ornaments which a plain battle between factions cannot boast, but which, notwithstanding, are very suitable to the fierce and gloomy silence of that premeditated vengeance which burns with such intensity in the heart, and scorches up the vitals into such a thirst for blood.
By pretermitting a necessary discussion, you actually make it more likely that we WILL "lose" a war, because in your world, nobody can bring that up into the discussion, which means that the steps necessary to avoid the possibility may never be considered.
