σβέςις
εως, ἡ
A.
quenching, putting out, or (from Pass.) extinction, πυρὸς ς. καὶ μάρανσις Arist. Resp. 474b14, cf. Juv. 469b23, Thphr. Ign. 60, D.H. 2.67; opp. διάλαμψις, Arist. Mete. 370a24; κατὰ τὴν ς. while cooling, Dsc. 1.100.
II.
metaph., cancellation, δίκης PLond. 5.1708.248 (vi A.D.).