elision

eli·sion

noun \i-ˈli-zhən\

Definition of ELISION

1

a : 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)

b : the omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable in a verse to achieve a uniform metrical pattern

2

: the act or an instance of omitting something : omission

Examples of ELISION

1. <unfortunately, when the book was condensed, some of the elisions rendered major plot developments incomprehensible>

Origin of ELISION

Late Latin elision-, elisio, from Latin elidere

First Known Use: 1581

Related to ELISION

Synonyms

deletion, omission

Related Words

elimination; blank, skip; lapse, slip; deduction, reduction, subtraction; default, delinquency, dereliction, failure, neglect, negligence, oversight, pretermission; abbreviation, condensation

Near Antonyms

inclusion; accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, increase, increment, more, plus, raise, rise, supplement

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with ELISION

abscission, collision, concision, decision, derision, division, dream vision, elysian, envision, excision, incision, misprision, North Frisian, Parisian, precisian, precision, prevision, provision, recision, rescission, revision