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ἡ, (ἀπαλλάσσω)

   A deliverance, release, relief from a thing, πόνων, πημάτων, ξυμφορᾶς, A.Ag.1,20,Pr.754, S.Ant.1338, etc.: in pl., A.Pr.318, E.Heracl.811; ἀ. πραγμάτων Antipho6.35; ἀ. τοῦ πολέμου putting an end to the war, Th.7.2; οὐκ ἦν τοῦ πολέμου πέρας οὐδ' ἀ. D.18.145; of contracts, release, discharge, ἀ. συμβολαίων Id.33.3; generally, relief from, τινός Arist.HA582b12.    2 abs., divorce, in pl., E.Med.236, 1375: sg., PRyl.154.29 (i A.D.), etc.    II removal, Pl.Lg.736a.    III (from Pass.) going away, means of getting away or escape, Hdt.1.12, 7.207, al.; τέλος τῆς ἀ. the final departure, Id.2.139; ἡ ἀ. ἐγένετο ἀλλήλων separation of combatants, Th.1.51; ἐκ τῆς Αἰγύπτου τὴν ἀ. ποιήσασθαι D.S.15.43.    2 τοῦ βίου departure from life, Hp.Epid.7.89, X.Cyr.5.1.13; ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος Pl.Phd.64c: hence ἀ. alone, death, Thphr.HP9.8.3, etc.    3 avoidance, τῆς μίξεως Sor.1.31.