Expeditio

Pronunciation: ex-pe-di'-ti-o

Alternate Spelling: L. "a freeing, a dispatching from difficulties"

Definition

After enumerating all possibilities by which something could have occurred, the speaker eliminates all but one (=apophasis).

Examples

You either made, purchased, or stole the bomb. Since you lack the intelligence to make it and the funds to purchase it, it can only be that you have stolen it.