Word of the Day:
pretermit
What It Means
To intentionally disregard (something), to ignore; to neglect or omit.
Pretermit in Context
“The liberty of a subject lieth, therefore, only in those things which, in regulating their actions, the sovereign hath praetermitted (such as is the liberty to buy, and sell, and otherwise contract with one another; to choose their own abode, their own diet, their own trade of life, and institute...”
Did You Know?
From Latin praetermitto.
Source and license
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