"epitrope" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Latin epitrope, from Ancient Greek ἐπιτροπή (epitropḗ, “reference, arbitration”), from ἐπιτρέπω (epitrépō). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|epitrope}} Latin epitrope, {{der|en|grc|ἐπιτροπή||reference, arbitration}} Ancient Greek ἐπιτροπή (epitropḗ, “reference, arbitration”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} epitrope (uncountable)
  1. (rhetoric) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to someone to do what he or she proposes to do, e.g. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still. Tags: rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric Related terms: epitropy Translations (Translations): épitrope [feminine] (French), epítrope [feminine] (Spanish)

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