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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

praetermissio

. See

The act of passing by or omitting; omission.

Milton.

(Rhet.)

See

n. [L. proetermissio, from proetermitto.]

A passing by; omission.

In rhetoric, the same as preterition.

pretermission ‎(plural pretermissions)

omission (act of omitting to do something)
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preterition