Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Epanorthosis

Epanorthosis , noun

[Latin, from Greek {not transcribed}; 'epi` + {not transcribed} to set right again; {not transcribed} again + {not transcribed} to set straight.]

A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!