pretermission
(priːtəˈmɪʃən)
Also præter-.
[ad. L. prætermissiōn-em, n. of action f. prætermittĕre: see next. So F. prétermission (16th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
The action of pretermitting.
1. The passing over, overlooking, or disregarding of anything; omission of anything from a narrative; omission of, or neglect to do, something.
| 1583 Babington Commandm. i. (1637) 11 The pretermission of thankes for any goodnesse..bestowed by the Lord,..is horrible. 1633 T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter iii. 18 Any pretermission of the physician may exalt the disease. 1704 Swift T. Tub iii. (1709) 52, I proceed to refute the objections of those who argue from the silence and pretermission of authors. 1879 Farrar St. Paul II. 211 God's righteousness, which might otherwise have been called in question because of the prætermission of past sins. |
2. Ceasing to do something (for a time); leaving off the practice of anything; disuse.
| 1677 Cary Chronol. i. i. i. xii. 45 There was no absolute pretermission of that Reckoning. 1831 Tytler Lives Scott. Worthies I. 113 The detestation and pretermission of vice. |
3. Rhet. = preterition 3.
| 1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Preterition, or Pretermission, in rhetoric, a figure whereby, in pretending to pass over a thing untouched, we make a summary mention thereof. 1828 in Webster. Hence in mod. Dicts. |
4. Rom. Law. = preterition 5.
| 1795 Wythe Decis. Virginia 104 Inserting in her will apology for the pretermission of her daughter. |