rhetorical but ironic granting of permission to an opponent to do something
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• (n.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., `He that is unjust, let him be unjust still.`
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E·pit'ro·pe noun [ Latin , from Greek ... reference, arbitration, from ... to turn over, to give up, yield;
'epi` upon, over + ... to turn.]
(Rhet.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do;
e. g. , ...
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