Dictionary entry

πάρεσις

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* πάρεσις, -εως, ἡ

(< παρίημι),

1. a letting go, dismissal.

2. prætermission, passing by (of debt or sin): Ro 3:25.†

SYN.: ἄφεσις, q.v.