1) Disregard 2) Omission 3) Paraleipsis 4) Paralepsis 5) Paralipsis 6) Rhetorical device 7) The act of passing by or over
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1) Paraleipsis 2) Paralepsis 3) Paralipsis
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passing over or omission; drawing attention to a thing by claiming to omit it
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• (n.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, `I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just.` Called also paraleipsis. • (n.) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion. • (n.) The act of passing, or going past; the state of being ...
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Pre`ter·i'tion noun [ Latin
praeteritio : confer French
prétérition .]
1. The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past.
Bp. Hall. 2. (Rhet.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, 'I will...
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the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard. · the passing over by a testator of an heir otherwise entitled to a portion. · the passing over by God of those not elected to salvation or eternal life. · paralipsis.
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