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(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..
Use epitrope when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Epitrope means (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..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use epitrope where its definition matches the intended context.
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