Pretermission
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Omission; failure to do something. countable, uncountable
"[T]wentie Kings in a continu'd row, that either did nothing, or liv'd in Ages that wrote nothing, at leaſt a foul pretermiſſion in the Author of this, whether Story or Fable; himſeelf wearie, as ſeems, of his own tedious Tale."
- 2 letting pass without notice wordnet
- 3 Preterition; the act of passing over; paralipsis. countable, uncountable
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More examples"[T]wentie Kings in a continu'd row, that either did nothing, or liv'd in Ages that wrote nothing, at leaſt a foul pretermiſſion in the Author of this, whether Story or Fable; himſeelf wearie, as ſeems, of his own tedious Tale."
Etymology
From Latin praetermissio. See pretermit.