English dictionary

preterition

/,pr/E/t/@/'r/I//S//@/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

noun.communication

Synonyms paraleipsis paralepsis paralipsis

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past.

noun

Source: webster1913