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[preterition][1] |ˌpretəˈri sh ən|

noun (...) the rhetorical technique of making summary mention of something by professing to omit it.

ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from late Latin praeteritio(n-), from praeterire ‘pass, go by.’

  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophasis#Paralipsis