pretermit

[pree-ter-mit]

verb (used with object)

pretermitted, pretermitting 

1. to let pass without notice; disregard.

2. to leave undone; neglect; omit.

3. to suspend or interrupt.

   The government temporarily pretermitted its repayments of foreign aid.

pretermit

/ ˌpriːtəˈmɪt, ˌpriːtəˈmɪʃən /

verb

1. to overlook intentionally; disregard

2. to fail to do; neglect; omit

Other Word Forms

• pretermission noun
• pretermitter noun
• unpretermitted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pretermit¹

1505–15; < Latin praetermittere to let pass, equivalent to praeter- preter- + mittere to let go, send

Word History and Origins

Origin of pretermit¹

C16: from Latin praetermittere to let pass, from _preter- + mittere to send, release

Example Sentences

However, most states have “omitted spouse” or “pretermitted spouse” statutes to protect the spouse of a person who did not update their will after marrying.

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Still the Inquisition did not entirely pretermit its labors.

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I must, therefore, reluctantly pretermit all such matter—reserving for some other occasion the gratification of the public curiosity therein.

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Members with a taste for writing, having some carefully thought out message to deliver on an intricate topic of foreign or domestic policy are increasingly inclined entirely to pretermit the parliamentary stage of their exposition.

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This you must be pleased to let me have again, for I borrow it: for the other, I will pretermit no time to write it; though in good faith, I have half forgot it.

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Related Words

• discount 
• disregard 
• ignore 
• overlook 
• reject 
• spurn 
• underestimate