1. (n.) The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past.
2. (n.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just. Called also paraleipsis.
3. (n.) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.