The Only Use
understatement
in
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
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- If I have said anything that understates the truth and indicates my having a patience that allows me to settle for anything less than brotherhood, I beg God to forgive me.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(understatement) presenting something as less important or extreme than it is
or (less commonly):
subtlety or restraint in expression - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)