Pretermit (Verb)
Meaning 1
Disregard intentionally or let pass.
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The court decided to pretermit the minor charges to focus on the more serious offenses.
- To maintain good relations with her colleagues, she chose to pretermit her resentment over the project cancellation.
- Considering the overall well-being of the family, they decided to pretermit their personal differences during the reunion.
- The committee voted to pretermit the proposal due to its complexity and the need for further research.
- In order to move forward, he had to pretermit some of his perceived injustices and forgive his former business partner.
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Meaning 2
Leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.