PRETERITION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. Bp. Hall.

2.
n.

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.

3.
n.

The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion. Bouvier.