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pretermit

/priˈtʌrmɪt/
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Other forms: pretermitted; pretermitting

To pretermit is to overlook or omit something. In an effort to make a family dinner pleasant, your parents might pretermit any discussions of sensitive or controversial issues that might lead to arguments.

The verb pretermit is often used in a legal context, both for things that are accidentally left out and for those deliberately omitted. A person who neglects to update their will after having another child inadvertently pretermits that child from the will. A judge who refuses to consider a lawyer's motion in court because it was filed past the deadline pretermits the motion. Pretermit is from the Latin praetermittere and its roots, praeter, "past," and mittere, "to send."

Definitions of pretermit
  1. verb
    disregard intentionally or let pass
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    type of:
    disregard, ignore, neglect
    give little or no attention to
  2. verb
    leave undone or leave out
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    types:
    forget
    forget to do something
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