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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

Example Sentences

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I, thinking it better to pretermit my speech to Harry, retreated into the library, and was glad to think that no one had seen that conference but myself.

From Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 by MacDonald, George

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 Flagg, Edmund

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.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John

And thus I am, as you see me, returned to my former occupation, which I shall never again pretermit upon any motion of magnanimity.

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.

But fear was too weak a counsellor for her to pretermit either her composure or her pleasures.

From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William