attenuation.
(Of thelat.)(attenuatio, - onis).
1. f. action and effect of alleviate.
2. f. Ret. It appears that it is not to express everything you want is to be interpreted, unless this ceases to be well understood the intention of who speaks. It is used generally to deny the opposite of what you want to say; e.g. No I'm so foolish. In this I do not commend.