deceptive cadence
noun
: a musical cadence in which the dominant resolves to a harmony other than the tonic (see tonic entry 2 sense 2)
called also false cadence, interrupted cadence, suspended cadence
Word History
First Known Use
1757, in the meaning defined above
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