Ant. Inclusion, retention; approval; preservation, conservation.

Elision. Omission, ejection, ellipsis, abridgment, excerption.

Ant. Insertion, inoculation, introduction, implantation; inclusion; augmentation.

Elliptical. Contracted, abbreviated; suggestive, latent, allusive; significant, pregnant; defective, incomplete.

Ant. Explanatory, categorical, full; expository, declaratory, enunciative.

Elocution. Speech, power of expression, utterance, delivery, declamatory art; eloquence, oratory.

Ant. Reading, lection.

Elongation. Protraction, extension, production, drawing out, continuation; withdrawal, distance.

Ant. Apocope, elision, curtailment, abridgment, contraction.

Eloquence. Oratory, graceful utterance, appropriate expression, impassioned speech.