preterition
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Pre·ter·i·tion n.
1. The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past.
2. Rhet. 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.
3. Law The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.
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preterition
n : suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis, paraleipsis,
paralipsis]