τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν → relaxed the strictness of the doctrine of perpetual strife
v. trans.
Put off: P. and V. ἀναβάλλεσθαι. subs. P. and V. ἀναβολή, ἡ.