elision

something left out unfortunately, when the book was condensed, some of the elisions rendered major plot developments incomprehensible Synonyms deletion, omissionRelated Words elimination; blank, skip; lapse, slip; deduction, reduction, subtraction; default, delinquency, dereliction, failure, neglect, negligence, oversight, pretermission; abbreviation, condensationNear Antonyms inclusion; accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, increase, increment, more, plus, raise, rise, supplement