- the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard.
- the passing over by a testator of an heir otherwise entitled to a portion.
- the passing over by God of those not elected to salvation or eternal life.
- paralipsis.
- the act of passing over or omitting
- the failure of a testator to name one of his children in his will, thus invalidating it
- (in Calvinist theology) the doctrine that God passed over or left unpredestined those not elected to final salvation
