Concession, in rhetoric

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context rhetoric English) 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.''

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Epitrope \E*pit"ro*pe\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? reference, arbitration, fr. ? to turn over, to give up, yield; 'epi` upon, over + ? to turn.] (Rhet.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes ...