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Bullinger's Figures of Speech Used in the BibleBullinger's Figures of Speech

Anesis; or Abating

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Addition of Conclusion by way of lessening the Effect

An´-e-sis (ἄνεσις), a loosening, relaxing, abating. This is the opposite of Epitasis; the addition of a concluding sentence which diminishes the effect of what has been said.

2 Kings 5:1.-"Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valour, but he was a leper": and therefore all his grandeur and importance counted for nothing.

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Bullinger, E. W., D.D. Entry for 'Anesis; or Abating'. Bullinger's Figures of Speech Used in the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​lexicons/​eng/​bullinger/​anesis-or-abating.html.
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