stet

let it stand: a printer's term used to indicate that matter previously marked for deletion is to remain

Etymology: L, 3d pers. sing., pres. subj., of stare, to stand

transitive verb stet′·ted, stet′·ting

to cancel a change in or a marked deletion of (a word, character, passage, etc., as in a proof or manuscript), as by writing “stet” in the margin and underlining stetted matter with a row of dots