divorce

in cl., only in phrase , an action against a freedman for forsaking his (Dem.). ἀποστασίου δίκη προστάτης In LXX, , : , ; in same sense alone (MM, s.v.), (for other late exx., v. MM, s.v.; Kennedy, , 121).† βιβλίον ἀποστασίου ἀ. a bill of divorce Mt 19:7 Mk 10:4 Mt 5:31 Sources

properly, something separative, i.e. (specially) divorce

(writing of) divorcement