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All elision synonyms

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noun elision

  • skip β€” to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
  • slip β€” to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • withholding β€” to hold back; restrain or check.
  • ignoring β€” to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • missing β€” Missing definition
  • noninclusion β€” the act of including.
  • overlooking β€” to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
  • slighting β€” small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
  • decrease β€” When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
  • deflation β€” Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
  • recession β€” a return of ownership to a former possessor.
  • reduction β€” the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
  • shrinkage β€” the act or fact of shrinking.
  • abbreviation β€” An abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase, made by leaving out some of the letters or by using only the first letter of each word.
  • abridgment β€” a shortened version of a written work
  • compression β€” the act of compressing or the condition of being compressed
  • condensation β€” Condensation consists of small drops of water which form when warm water vapour or steam touches a cold surface such as a window.
  • condensing β€” to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
  • confinement β€” Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
  • constriction β€” Constrictions are rules or factors which limit what you can do and prevent you from doing what you want to do.
  • curtailment β€” The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
  • diminution β€” the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
  • dwindling β€” to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
  • lessening β€” to become less.
  • narrowing β€” of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
  • omission β€” the act of omitting.
  • receding β€” to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
  • reducing β€” to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
  • shrinking β€” to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
  • withdrawal β€” Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
  • abbreviating β€” Present participle of abbreviate.
  • abridging β€” to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents: to abridge a reference book.
  • confining β€” to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
  • curtailing β€” Present participle of curtail.
  • decreasing β€” becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
  • deflating β€” to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon): They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass.
  • diminishing β€” Make or become less.
  • lopping β€” to let hang or droop: He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.
  • omitting β€” to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
  • tensing β€” stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid.
  • breach β€” If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
  • carelessness β€” not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
  • failing β€” Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
  • lapse β€” an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
  • oversight β€” an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
  • blank β€” Something that is blank has nothing on it.
  • break β€” When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
  • cancelation β€” an act of canceling.
  • cancellation β€” the fact or an instance of cancelling
  • chasm β€” A chasm is a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice.
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