τὴν ἐρημίαν τῶν κωλυσόντων ὁρῶν → seeing that there would be none to hinder him
παραιτέομαι, καταπαύω, εὐμενίζομαι, ἐκμειλίσσομαι, ἀρέσκω, ἐξιλάσκομαι, ἱλάσκομαι