Anesis; or, Abating
Anesis; or, Abating
Addition of Conclusion by way of lessening the Effect
An-e-sis (), a loosening, relaxing, abating. This is the opposite of Epitasis; the addition of a concluding sentence which diminishes the effect of what has been said.
2Ki 5:1.-Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valour, but he was a leper: and therefore all his grandeur and importance counted for nothing.