Omittability

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The essence of being feasible to exclude from consideration or selection is known as the quality of such exclusion
2. The characteristic of something that allows it to be left out without essential loss or impact
3. A property describing when an element can be disregarded or removed safely from a group or process

Etymology: "Omittability" is a plain formation: the verb "omit" (from Latin "omittere", "to let go, neglect, leave out", built from "ob-" "away" and "mittere" "to send") with the suffix "-ability" attached. The "-ability" ending comes from Latin "-abilitas", which turns an adjective ending in "-able" into a noun for the quality it describes. So "omittable" (capable of being left out) becomes "omittability," the state of being able to be left out. Because the word is built from familiar parts, its meaning follows directly from them and carries no surprising shift. The interest lies in the suffix itself, which English has used freely to create abstract nouns from many verbs, so a word like this can be coined on demand whenever a writer needs to name the quality of something being dispensable.

Synonyms: excludability, removability, optional nature, dispensability, nonessentiality