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