commission, omission, paralipsis

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paralipsis (par-uh-LIP-sis)
[名]《修辞学》逆言法：「…については何も言うまい」の類.
noun: Drawing attention to something while claiming to be passing over it.

Etymology
From Latin paralipsis, from Greek paraleipsis (an omission), from paraleipein (to leave on one side), from para- (side) + leipein (to leave). First recorded use: 1550.
paralipsis (par-uh-LIP-sis)

noun: Drawing attention to something while claiming to be passing over it.

Etymology
From Latin paralipsis, from Greek paraleipsis (an omission), from paraleipein (to leave on one side), from para- (side) + leipein (to leave). First recorded use: 1550.

Notes
Paralipsis is especially handy in politics to point out an opponent's faults. It typically involves these phrases:
"not to mention"
"to say nothing of"
"I won't speak of"
"leaving aside"

Usage
"Political correctness has breathed new life into the paralepsis, the rhetorical device whereby we make a statement by first announcing that we are not going to make it. When pundits write 'No one is suggesting...' the American eye reads 'I'm suggesting.'" — Florence King; If 'Words Mean Things', Then All is Lost; Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia); Feb 19, 1995.

Notes
Paralipsis is especially handy in politics to point out an opponent's faults. It typically involves these phrases:
"not to mention"
"to say nothing of"
"I won't speak of"
"leaving aside"

Usage
"Political correctness has breathed new life into the paralepsis, the rhetorical device whereby we make a statement by first announcing that we are not going to make it. When pundits write 'No one is suggesting...' the American eye reads 'I'm suggesting.'" — Florence King; If 'Words Mean Things', Then All is Lost; Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia); Feb 19, 1995.

commission

[名]

1 ((集合的))((単数・複数扱い))（特定の権能をもつ）委員会

the Fair Trade Commission
（日本の）公正取引委員会

commission plan
((米))（市政を委員会で処理する）委員会制.

2 [U]（商取引における）委任, 委託, 代理業務；((a 〜))その手数料, 歩合

a commission agent
((米))仲買人, 問屋；((英))賭(か)け屋, ブックメーカー

commission sale
委託販売

sell goods on commission
品物を委託販売する

allow ［get, charge］ a commission of 10 percent ［＝(a) 10 percent commission］ on ［for］ a transaction
取引に1割の手数料を出す［取る, 請求する］

I'll give you a big commission.
手数料ははずみますよ.

3 任された仕事［用件］；依頼, 注文. ▼特に芸術品制作など専門的な仕事の場合をいう

receive a commission to paint a picture
絵の制作依頼を受ける.

4 [U][C]（任務・職権などの）委任；委任状

give the commission of authority to a person
人に権限を委任する

have a commission of all powers
全権委任（状）を受けている.

5 （公式の）命令, 指示；（指示された）責務, 任務

have a high commission to carry out
遂行すべき重要な任務がある.

6 [U]（委任された）権限, 権能, 職権(authority)

exceed ［go beyond］ one's commission
越権行為をする.

7
(1) （大統領が陸海空軍の将校に与える）辞令；（州政府が治安判事に与える）任命（書）；[U]将校［治安判事］の職権

the Commission of the Peace
((英))((集合的))治安判事.

(2) [U]（将校の）地位, 階級

hold ［resign］ commission
将校に任官する［を辞職する］.

8 [U]（犯罪・過失などを）犯すこと((of ...))

the commission of a crime
犯罪

sins of omission and commission
不作為の罪と作為の罪.

in ［into］ commission

(1) 〈軍艦が〉就役中の；出動準備のできた.
(2) 〈物が〉現在使用中で；使用可能な；〈将校が〉現役の

put a camera in commission again
カメラを元どおり使えるようにする.

out of commission

(1) 〈物が〉現在使われていない；使用不能の；〈将校が〉予備役の.
(2) 〈軍艦が〉任務についていない；退役して.
(3) ((略式))病気の, けがをした.

━━[動](他)

1 …を委任［注文］する；［V[名]to do］〈人に〉（…する）権限を与える, 〈人に〉（…するよう）依頼［委託, 注文］する

I have been commissioned to make a decision as to what to do.
対策を決めるよう任されている

She commissioned him to paint her portrait.
彼女は自分の肖像画の制作を彼に依頼した.

2 ［III[名]/V[名][名]］…を将校に任命する；〈人を〉（将校などに）任官させる.

3 〈軍艦などを〉就役させる.

［ラテン語commissiō（com-対して＋mittere送る＋-ION＝ある人に対して送ること→委任すること）. △COMMIT, MISSION］

com・mis・sive

[形]

com・mis・sive・ly

[副]

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omission[o・mis・sion]

[名][U]

1 省略（する［される］こと）；遺漏, 手ぬかり；脱落；[C]省略されたもの

a glaring omission
ひどい脱落

without omission
漏れなく.

2 怠慢；《法律》不作為

crimes of omission
不作為犯.

［△OMEN］