| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still.".[Websters]. | |
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Date "EPITROPE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Epitrope \E*pit"ro*pe\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression reference, arbitration, from to turn over, to give up, yield; 'epi` upon, over to turn.]. (references) |
