paralepsis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Paralepsis \Par`a*lep"sis\, n. [NL.]
   See {Paraleipsis}.
   [1913 Webster]