1. Noun
A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.]
2. Noun
mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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