Pār'a-leip'sis1, n.
n. [Gr. παράλειψις, from παραλείπειν, to leave on one side, to omit, from παρά, beside, and λείπειν, to leave; Fr. paralipse.] (Rhet.) A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker pretends to pass by what, at the same time, he really mentions; as, I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity: I take no notice of his brutal conduct; I do not speak of his treachery and malice. [Written also paralepsis, paralipsis.]