As nouns the difference between terms and epitrope
is that terms is while epitrope is (rhetoric) a figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to someone to do what he or she proposes to do, eg he that is unjust, let him be unjust still .
terms
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epitrope
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Noun
(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.
Related terms
* epitropy
References
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* Comprehensive Dictionary of the Word, Vol. II Part 1 , Thomas Wright [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ov_GVyM0wUcC&printsec=frontcoverv=onepage&q&f=false]