preterition Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
    paraleipsis; paralepsis; paralipsis.

WordNet

Pre`ter*i"tion noun
Etymology
L. praeteritio: cf. F. prétérition.
Definitions
  1. The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. Bp. Hall.
  2. (Rhet.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." Called also paraleipsis.
  3. (Law) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion. Bouvier.

Webster 1913