epitrope

top

CIDE DICTIONARY

epitrope, n. [L., fr. Gr. reference, arbitration, fr. to turn over, to give up, yield; 'epi` upon, over + to turn.].

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.” [1913 Webster]

For further exploring for "epitrope" in Webster Dictionary Online