- elision - omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
--1 is a kind of omission, deletion
Derived form: verb elide1 - exception, exclusion, elision - a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news"
--2 is a kind of omission
Derived form: verb elide1