παραίτησις
εως, ἡ
A.
supplication, entreaty, π. παραιτεῖσθαι Pl. Criti. 107a; μηδεμία τῆς μονῆς π. γιγνέσθω no application for leave to stay, Id. Lg. 915c; πρόφασιν εἰσδέχεσθαι καὶ π. Plb. 16.17.8; petition, POxy. 899v21 (iii A. D.).
II.
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.
2.
declining, Plu. 2.124b; dismissal, D.C. 78.22.
III.
intercession, begging off, Gorg. Pal. 33, D. 9.37.