noun the act of passing, or going past; the state of being past.
2. preterition ·noun the omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.
3. preterition ·noun 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.