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Paraleipsis
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Parˊa-leip′sis
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to leave on one side, to omit;
παρά
beside + [GREEK] to leave.] (Rhet.)
A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, “I do not speak of my adversary’s scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice.”
[Written also
paralepsis
, paralepsy
, paralipsis
.]