pretermit

[pree-ter-mit] / ˌpri tərˈmɪt /

VERB

neglect

Synonyms

STRONGEST

discount disregard ignore overlook reject spurn underestimate

STRONG

affront condemn depreciate despise detest disdain dismiss rebuff scant scorn slight slur

WEAK

brush aside brush off have nothing to do with keep at arm's length keep one's distance laugh off let go live with make light of not care for pass by pass over pass up pay no attention to pay no mind shrug off tune out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

attend heed look at note notice pay attention recognize regard respect

STRONG

admire approve cherish compliment flatter like love praise welcome

WEAK

accomplish achieve complete concern do finish guard nurture protect succeed take care of watch

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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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Meantime, under the influence of some anodyne which Pete had found in his medicine chest, Mr. Hamlin became quiet and pretermitted his vocal obligato.

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