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Preterition

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of paralipsis. countable, rhetoric, uncountable
  4. 4
    The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in their will. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    The doctrine that God passes over the non-elect in electing to eternal life those predestinated to salvation. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeteritiō, from praetereō (“I omit”).

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