ἔκκλισις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A turning out of one's course, deflexion, τῆς σελήνης Plu.2.929c (pl.).    2 tendency, Arist.Pr.863b24.    II dislocation, Hp.Art.62.    III avoidance, refusal, opp.αἵρεσις, Cleanth.Stoic.1.129(pl.) ; opp.ἐκλογή, Stoic.3.190 ; opp. ὄρεξις, Epict.Ench.2 ; τῶν ὀχληρῶν S.E.M.1.51 ; τῆς βλάβης Gal.13.124, cf. Plot.1.4.6, etc.    IV moral declension, ib.8.15.