ἀθέτησις

A. a setting aside, abolition, ἁμαρτίας Ep.Heb. 9.26, cf. S.E. M. 8.142; 'annulling' of a deed, PLond. 2.142.24 (i A. D.).

II. rejection (of a spurious passage), A.D. Synt. 5.8, D.L. 3.66; generally, rejection, opp. ἐποχή, Cic. Att. 6.9.3.

III. breach of faith, Vett.Val. 191.24 (pl.).