Oversight

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  • noun. An unintentional omission or mistake.
  • noun. Watchful care or management; supervision.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Superintendence; inspection; watchful care.
  • noun. A mistake of inadvertence; an overlooking; omission; error.
  • noun. Synonyms Supervision, inspection, control, direction, management, charge.
  • noun. Inadvertence, etc. (see negligence), mistake, blunder, slip.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.
  • noun. An overlooking; an omission; an error.
  • noun. Escape from an overlooked peril.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten.
  • noun. supervision or management
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
  • noun. a mistake resulting from inattention
  • noun. an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
    • Word Usage
    "In Britain oversight is performed both by members of Parliament and by judges."
    cross-reference
    miss  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    error  fault  mistake  omission  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    accountability  audit  authorization  blunder  commitment  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accountability  administration  aegis  auspices  balk  
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