·noun A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; ·e.g., "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still.".
ĕpī̆trŏpē, ēs, f., = ἐπιτροπή, rhet. t. t., a surrendering , Rutil. 2, 17, p. 130 al. ...
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