ELISION
- the act of eliding (to omit (to leave out)) [n ELISIONS]
- the use of a speech form that lacks a final or initial sound which a variant speech form has (as 's instead of is in there's)
- the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation
- (in verse) the omission of a vowel at the end of one word when the next word begins with a vowel, as th'orient
- act or instance of eliding or omitting anything