paraleipsis

paraleipsis
    n 1: suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
         significance is omitted [syn: {paralepsis}, {paraleipsis},
         {paralipsis}, {preterition}]
    

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}.]
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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.
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   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}.
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   3. (Law) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs
      who is entitled to a portion. --Bouvier.
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