act of omission
collocation in Englishmeaningsofactandomission
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act
noun
uk/ækt/us/ækt/
something that ...
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omission
noun[C or U]
uk/əʊˈmɪʃ.ən/us/oʊˈmɪʃ.ən/
the act of not including something or someone that should have been included, or something or someone that has not been included that should ...
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(Definition ofactandomissionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is "anactofomissionseverely to be reprehended" since it can lead to domestic contention and the frequent exchange of servants (1861, 7).
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But even then he passed over one zone whose absence from the record is particularly significant because theactofomissionwas deliberate.
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Self-blame for anactofomissioncan exist independently from perpetrator blame and maltreatment severity.
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It is much more difficult to explain someactofomission.
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It is not an act of commission but anactofomission.
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One is anactofomissionand the other an act of commission.
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By anactofomission, could an action for negligence be taken out against the donor?
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On the one hand, we have had anactofomission, and on the other, an act of commission; but, overall, we have had stagnation.
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The act of commission probably pales into insignificance in this area as does theactofomission.
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It seems to me that gross incompetence can include anactofomission, if you like, inadvertence, rather than an act of deliberate commission.
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Non-wearing is mainly anactofomissionand not of defiance.
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If that company commits anactofomissionis everyone on the committee acting on behalf of other people automatically to be regarded as guilty?
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Let us assume that a young officer in a motor car is guilty of a criminalactofomission, and a case of manslaughter arises.
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However, there is a utilitarian argument, which claims that, ethically, anactofomissionis the same as an act of commission, and that only the end result matters.
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That is a deliberateactofomission, and it is not something about which one feels emotionally charged and which leads to an act of folly.
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However, these are minor caveats, and as much a reflection of the available research as acts of omission.
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First, how does one judge acts of omission?
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These results lend some support to previous studies examining varying effects of maltreatment involving acts of omission versus commission.
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