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Aposiopesis

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(n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare to you that his conduct - but I can not speak of that, here."

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Aposiopesis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/aposiopesis.html. 1828.
 
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