(Latin: omittere, lay aside, pass over)
Inertia of the will in despite of the intellect which urges it to act; or the quasi-positive act of withholding the dictated action. Morally, it presupposes that the intellect is urging some law or precept, and is then culpable in the same fashion as a culpable positive act.
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