Paraleipsis n. : A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice."

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Defination from the web:
paraleipsis), " omission'") from παραλείπω (paraleipō), " I pass over'") from παρά (para), " by, near'") + λείπω (leipō), " I leave' ... paraleipsis (plural paraleipses) (linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually ...