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Answer for the clue "Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences ", 8 letters:
eclipsis

Word definitions for eclipsis in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences [syn: ellipsis ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase 2 A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted 3 (context Irish grammar English) A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
eclipsis \eclipsis\ n. (Linguistics) the omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences. Syn: ellipsis.

Usage examples of eclipsis.

Naturally with these records you must guard against drink and smoke, have correct horologii, not lose the initium totalis immersionis, and mainĀ­tain correct medium between initium and finis eclipsis, observe the intermediary moments in which the spots are dark, et cetera.