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preterition

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preterition(n = noun.communication) paraleipsis, paralepsis, paralipsis - suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted;

is a kind of rhetorical device

preterition, n. [L. praeteritio: cf. F. prétérition.].

The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion. Bouvier. [1913 Webster]