‖ suppressio veri
(səˈprɛʃɪəʊ ˈvɪəraɪ)
[mod.L., = suppression of what is true.]
Misrepresentation of the truth by concealing facts which ought to be made known. Cf. suggestio falsi.
| 1755 Chesterfield in World No. 105. 632 Here is not only the suppressio veri, which is highly penal, but the crimen falsi too. 1815, 1855 [see suggestio falsi]. 1889 Athenæum 20 Apr. 500/3 There is an unintentional suppressio veri in his assertion. 1905 Spectator 25 Feb. 286/2 The English Church Union could hardly subscribe ex animo to an interpretation containing an important suppressio veri. 1950 M. Hay Foot of Pride v. 135 It would not be easy to find a more flagrant case of suppresio veri than this omission..of any reference to the notorious Rohling scandal. 1979 J. Melville Wages of Zen iii. 28, I told him exactly who I am and, with a touch of suppressio veri, what I'm about. |