A.separation, “λύσις καὶ χ. ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος” Pl.Phd.67d; χ. δέχεσθαι, opp. συνεζεῦχθαι, Arist.EN1175a20.
2. secretion of sap, Thphr.CP6.7.3.
3. abstraction, Plot.4.7.8.
II. (from Pass.) a being separated, parting, departure, Plb.5.16.6, D.S.17.10; τὸν χ. “ποιήσασθαι” Id.2.60; seclusion, LXXLe.12.2, 18.19; “ὁ ἀπὸ θεοῦ χ.” Hierocl. in CA24p.472M.