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.