pretermission

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Definition of pretermission

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noun

(countable, uncountable)Omission; failure to do something.

“[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.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)Omission; failure to do something.

“[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.”
(countable, uncountable)Preterition; the act of passing over; paralipsis.

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From Latin praetermissio. See pretermit.

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