subaudition means the act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “subaudition” is a great word
SUBAUDITION — [Noun] The act of understanding or mentally supplying a word or idea that is implied but not explicitly stated. From the Latin subaudītiō ("the supplying of an omitted word"), from subaudīre ("to supply an omitted word"), from sub ("under") + audīre ("to hear"). First known use in English circa 1615. Unlike "implication," which points to a consequence, or "connotation," which carries a haze of association, subaudition is the precise cognitive click of completing an ellipsis. It is the ghost pronoun in an imperative command, the unspoken "therefore" between a premise and a conclusion, or the missing "forever" in a lover's stalled goodbye—the necessary architecture of meaning we build in the silence left for us.
noun
- The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed.
- That which is understood or supplied from that which is expressed.