‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to leave on one side, to omit; para` beside + &unr_; to leave. ] (Rhet.) A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, “I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice.” [ Written also paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to leave on one side, to omit; para` beside + &unr_; to leave. ] (Rhet.) A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, “I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice.” [ Written also paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis. ] [ 1913 Webster ]