ἀθέτ-ησις, ἡ,
a setting aside, abolition, ἁμαρτίας[[ NT.Heb.9.26, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.142] NT+2nd c.AD+]; 'annulling' of a deed, [[ “PLond.” 2.142.24 (1st c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II rejection (of a spurious passage), [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 5.8, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 3.66] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; generally, rejection, opposed to ἐποχή, [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 6.9.3. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III breach of faith, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 191.24 (_plural_).] Refs 2nd c.AD+]