'Paraleipsis' definitions:

Definition of 'paraleipsis'

noun

Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition]

From: GCIDE

Paraleipsis \Par`a*leip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to leave on one side, to omit; para` beside + ? to leave.] (Rhet.) A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice." [Written also paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.] [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Preterition \Pre`ter*i"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. praeteritio: cf. F. pr['e]t['e]rition.]
1. The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
3. (Law) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]