O"ver*sight` (?), n.
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.
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