missĭo (noun F) : id..
* In gen., a letting go, sending away, a sending, despatching; a throwing, hurling (class.): litterarum,Cic. Att. 1, 5, 3: legatorum,id. Phil. 7, 1, 1: extra telorum missionem,beyond the range of missiles,Vitr. 2, 9, 16; 1, 5, 4: missio sanguinis,blood-letting,Cels. 2, 10 fin.; Suet. Calig. 29.
* In partic.
* A release from captivity, setting at liberty, liberation: munus pro missione dare,Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 114: si filius familias post missionem faciat testimentum,Gai. Inst. 2, 106.
* In jurid. lang., a delivering up, giving possession: missio in aedes,Dig. 39, 2, 15, § 12.
* Esp., of gladiators, release, respite, quarter: cum Myrino peteretur missio laeso, Mart. 12, 29, 7: non enim servavit is, qui non interfecit, nec beneficium dedit, sed missionem,Sen. Ben. 2, 20, 3.—Hence, sine missione, without favor, without quarter, to the death, Liv. 41, 20, 12.—Trop.: quid prodest, paucos dies aut annos lucrificare? sine missione nascimur,without respite in the service of wisdom,Sen. Ep. 37, 2: sine missione pugnatum est,for life or death,Flor. 3, 20, 4.
* A cessation, termination, end: ante ludorum missionem,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 8.
* Remission from punishment: missionem puero dedit, qs. let him go, Petr. 52.

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