Oversight

Part of speech: noun (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.

Synonyms: Superintendence; supervision; inspection; overlooking; inadvertence; neglect; mistake; error; omission.