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Meaning of pretermission | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Omission; failure to do something.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Preterition; the act of passing over; paralipsis.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“[T]wentie Kings in a continu'd row, that either did nothing, or liv'd in Ages that wrote nothing, at leaſt a foul pretermiſſion in the Author of this, whether Story or Fable; himſeelf wearie, as ſeems, of his own tedious Tale.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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