PRETERITION


Meaning of PRETERITION in English

[ ˌpri:tə'rɪʃ(ə)n ]

■ noun the rhetorical technique of referring to something by professing to omit it.

Origin

C16: from late L. praeteritio(n-) , from praeterire (see preterite ).

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