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pretermissions

pretermissions is the plural of pretermission.

Meaning of pretermission

Noun

pretermission (countable and uncountable, plural pretermissions)

  1. Omission; failure to do something.
    • [T]wentie Kings in a continu'd row, that either did nothing, or liv'd in Ages that wrote nothing, at leaſt a foul pretermiſſion in the Author of this, whether Story or Fable; himſeelf wearie, as ſeems, of his own tedious Tale.1670, John Milton, “The [First] Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 28
  2. Preterition; the act of passing over; paralipsis.

Questions about pretermissions

What is pretermissions the plural of?
Pretermissions is the plural of pretermission.

Words near pretermissions in the dictionary

  1. preterminally
  2. preterminated
  3. pretermination
  4. preterminations
  5. pretermission
  6. pretermissions
  7. pretermit
  8. pretermits
  9. pretermitted
  10. pretermitted child
  11. pretermitted children

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