Thesaurus: oversight

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1. n. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.
2. n. An overlooking; an omission; an error.
3. n. Escape from an overlooked peril.
4. n. an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
5. n. management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
6. n. a mistake resulting from inattention
7. 1. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision. 2. An overlooking; an omission; an error. Hooker. 3. Escape from an overlooked peril. [R.] "His fool-happy oversight." Spenser. Syn. -- Superintendence; supervision; inspection; overlooking; inadvertence; neglect; mistake; error; omission.
8. n:100 n. an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something n. a mistake resulting from inattention