ἄφεσις

letting go, release; in private hands; dismissal; release; quittance from; discharge from; exemption from attendance, leave of absence; exemption from; remission; forgiveness, Ev. Marc; relaxation, exhaustion; divorce; starting; starting-post; the first start, beginning; discharge, emission; the dropping; discharge, release; conduit, sluice; channels; reckoning of the vital quadrant; starting from