This noun names the result of throwing something away—whether the voluntary jettisoning of cargo to save a ship or the involuntary loss of something valued. Classical Greek used it for the casting off of weapons in retreat or the dropping of letters in grammar. Paul employs it theologically in Romans 11 for Israel's 'rejection' by God (a rejection that paradoxically brings reconciliation to the world), while Luke uses it in Acts 27 for the literal 'loss' of life avoided in the shipwreck. The multilingual evidence splits between 'loss' (a state) and 'rejection' (an act), both valid nuances of the single Greek term.