Dictionary entry

Oversight

Webster's Dictionary 1913

O″ver‐sight′ (?), n. 1. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.

2. An overlooking; an omission; an error. Hooker.

3. Escape from an overlooked peril. “His fool-happy oversight.” Spenser.

Syn. — Superintendence; supervision; inspection; overlooking; inadvertence; neglect; mistake; error; omission.