Bible Dictionaries
Paraleipsis
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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."
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Paraleipsis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/paraleipsis.html. 1828.