Elide

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–verb (used with object) 

1. to omit (a vowel, consonant, 

or 

syllable) in pronunciation. 



2. to suppress; omit; ignore; pass over.

3. Law. to annul or quash. 





 　

Postscript noting the fates of certain characters conveniently elides the sad and/or ironic destinies awaiting some of them. 





confiscate

bluff

buff

is getting his edges [buffed] by Raymond's [ingratiating] eccentricities and attachment [to] routine. 

divest

sequence in which Sister Luke [divests] herself of her religious [robes], dons street garb, and walks out to an uncertain future.

Debilitate