pretermit
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It cannot be demanded of me to pretermit, because of my crime, the duty more strongly required of me because of the crime.
From The Flight of the Shadow by George MacDonald
He calmly said that no such demonstrations could induce him to add to or withhold a single syllable of what he designed to say, or to pretermit a single act he had designed to do.
From Edmond Dantès by Edmund Flagg
Freke, telling his funny stories, did not for one moment pretermit his study of the little comedy before him—Jacqueline and Throckmorton and Judith.
From Throckmorton by Molly Elliot Seawell
The convention did not pretermit the duty of reiterating those principles, and you will find them prominently set forth in the resolutions it adopted.
From Sketches and Studies by Nathaniel Hawthorne
These incidents took place during Lent 1822; she would not pretermit her austerities, and fell into a decline that put her life in danger.
From A Second Home by Honoré de Balzac
“The law ensures that the pretermitted heir is treated fairly and receives a portion of the estate as if there was no will in place,” the firm says.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025
I would not that it were, my lord," replied the monarch—"I would not that it were pretermitted in our annals.
From The Fortunes of Nigel by Sir Walter Scott
But the birth of a New Year is of an interest too wide to be pretermitted by king or cobbler.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
The pleasant musical evenings, however, which John had formerly been used to spend in the company of Mr. Gaskell were now entirely pretermitted.
From The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner
That Sunday afternoon the whole town pretermitted its afternoon nap and flocked up past the Warren to view the camp.
From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Daughters performed the said offices to their fathers, and sisters to their brothers; not pretermitting those who did not neglect their broken-pated bachelors to whom they paid equal attention.
From The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
