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elision

English

  1. 🔊 omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
  2. 🔊 a deliberate act of omission
    “with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 elisión elision

Similar words

exception exclusion abbreviation abridgment abstract apocope aposiopesis clipping compression condensation conspectus contraction crasis curtailment cutting ellipsis epitome foreshortening precis pruning recap recapitulation reduction retrenchment