Definition of "omittance"

omittance

noun
countable and uncountable, plural omittances
1. The act of omitting something; omission.
  Quotations
  I marvel why I answer'd not again; / But that's all one: omittance is no quittance.
  c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)