preterition

preterition is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past.
2. noun. A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." Called also paraleipsis.
3. noun. The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.
4. noun. suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

   Synonyms: paraleipsis, paralepsis, paralipsis

Synonyms

paraleipsis, paralepsis, paralipsis

Words from these letters

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