A contraction of a word is made by omitting certain letters or syllables and bringing together the first and last letters or elements; an abbreviation may be made by omitting certain portions from the interior or by cutting off a part.

No people or objects may be added, rearranged, reversed, distorted or removed from a scene (except for the recognized practice of cropping to omit extraneous outer portions).

Although the Puritan movement was occasionally subjected to suppression by the bishops of the Church of England, in many places, individual ministers were able to omit disliked portions of the Book of Common Prayer and to be especially attentive to the needs of the godly.

Q. When The New York Times reports on videos or other public messages from Osama bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahri does The Times edit or omit portions of the messages in an effort to minimize the propaganda effect of these messages on the American people?

Likewise, Jews recite the joyous praises of Psalms 113-118 throughout most other festival periods, but after the first two days of Passover they omit portions of these prayers, at least in part out of sorrow for the Egyptian deaths.

I wasn't lying outright, but I omitted portions of the story.

Although the Puritan movement was subjected to repression by some of the bishops under both Elizabeth and James, other bishops were more tolerant, and in many places, individual ministers were able to omit disliked portions of the Book of Common Prayer.

Lennox's recording originally appeared as the B-side to her 1992 single "Precious" Largely, Houston's version replaces Lennox's verses with new lyrics and omits portions from the bridge as well.