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What is the noun for aposiopesis?

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aposiopesis
  1. (rhetoric) An abrupt breaking-off in speech, often indicated in print using an ellipsis (…) or an em dash (—).
  2. Examples:
    1. “In ancient Greek rhetoric, the aposiopesis occasionally takes the form of a pause before a change of subject or a digression.”
      “Techniques that helped one child master words like aposiopesis and heterodyned didn't gel with the other.”
      “The aposiopesis was alarming, and Blarden's direction was obeyed instantaneously.”
aposiopeses
  1. plural of aposiopesis
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