| 32 | ἀναίρεσις, -εως, ἡ (from ἀναιρέω)
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Action of lifting up, removal — e.g., of the slain after battle (Thuc. 2.34; 3.109, 113; Ant. 137.26; Lys. 191.11), of bones from the pyre (Eur. Or. 404).
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Taking up arms, enlistment (Plat. Leg. 814a).
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Undertaking, assumption, taking upon oneself (Plat. Leg. 847b).
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Removal, destruction, abolition — of cities, walls (Xen. Hell. 6.3.5; Dem. 385.3); esp. of laws = abrogation (Plut. Cic. 34).
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Refutation (direct, opposed to διαίρεσις = indirect, by distinction: Arist. Soph. El. 33.7).
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In biblical/NT usage: “taking up, adopting” an exposed infant (Acts 7:21); by extension, “owning, acknowledging.”
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