What does "elision" mean?

The deliberate omission of something.

What is a synonym for "elision"?

Common synonyms include: abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, aphaeresis, apocope, aposiopesis.

Pronounced //ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩//.

/ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/ noun

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Noun

1
The deliberate omission of something.
2
a deliberate act of omission wordnet
3
The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
"See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope"
4
omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next) wordnet

"See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope"

From Latin ēlīsion-, the stem of ēlīsio (“striking out, forcing out”).