'Preterition' definitions:
Definition of 'preterition'
From: WordNet
noun
Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition]
Definition of 'Preterition'
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]