preterition

See also: praeterition

English

Alternative forms

• praeteritio, praeterition, præterition

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeteritiō, from praetereō (“I omit”).

Noun

preterition (countable and uncountable, plural preteritions)

1. The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
2. (rhetoric) Synonym of paralipsis
3. (law) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in their will.
4. (theology) The doctrine that God passes over the non-elect in electing to eternal life those predestinated to salvation.

Synonyms

• pretermission

Translations

the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting

• Bulgarian: пропуск (bg) m (propusk), пропускане n (propuskane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 略過／略过 (zh) (lüèguò)

• Galician: preterición (gl) f
• Occitan: pretericion f
• Portuguese: preterição f
• Russian: упуще́ние (ru) n (upuščénije), умолча́ние (ru) n (umolčánije)
• Spanish: preterición (es) f