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|Definition=-εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[supplication]], [[entreaty]], παραίτησιν παραιτεῖσθαι Pl.''Criti.''107a; μηδεμία τῆς μονῆς παραίτησις ἔτι τούτῳ παρ’ ἀρχόντων γιγνέσθω = no [[application]] for [[leave]] to [[stay]], Id.''Lg.''915c; πρόφασιν εἰσδέχεσθαι καὶ π. Plb.16.17.8; [[petition]], POxy.899v21 (iii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[deprecating]], Th.1.73; [[excuse]], [[apology]], Plb.39.1.5, Jul.''Or.''2.64a (pl.), Chor. in ''Rev.Phil.''1.73, etc.; [[pardon]], ἁμαρτημάτων Ph.2.296, cf. 223.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[declining]], Plu.2.124b; [[dismissal]], D.C.78.22.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[intercession]], [[begging off]], Gorg.''Pal.''33, D.9.37.