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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
preterition /ˌpriːtəˈrɪʃ(ə)n/

▶noun the rhetorical technique of referring to something by professing to omit it.

– origin C16: from late L. praeteritio(n-), from praeterire (see preterite).

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