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Elision (Noun)

A deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news".

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

The report deliberately omitted any mention of the scandal, a notable elision given the controversy's impact on the community.
Her thesis was well-received, despite the elision of several key references that some critics argued were essential to her argument.
With the exception of his close family members, no one knew the details of his final illness, a striking elision that seemed odd given the circumstances.
The editor was accused of perpetuating a form of censorship through her frequent elisions of sensitive information from the articles.
In an era of transparency, the company's elision of certain financial data raised more questions than it answered, fueling public skepticism about their practices.

Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next).

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Elision is a common phenomenon in spoken English, where a sound is omitted between two words.
When reciting the Lord's Prayer, Christians often pronounce it as "our Fa-thor" through elision.
In poetry, elision is used to improve the rhythm and meter of a verse by eliminating a syllable between two words.
By using elision, the phrase "I am going" becomes "I'm going", which is easier to say.
Elision is responsible for the informal pronunciations "th'Lannistelors" and "Chet of Wo'", or Che.