Preterition

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. Bp. Hall.

2. A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." Called also paraleipsis.

3. The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion. Bouvier.