PARALEIPSIS

paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition

(noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

PARALIPSIS

paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition

(noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

paraleipsis (countable and uncountable, plural paraleipses)

(rhetoric, linguistics) Alternative form of paralipsis

Source: Wiktionary

Par`a*leip"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Definition: 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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition