Lewis & Short

rĕmōtĭo, ōnis, f. [removeo],

  1. I. a putting back, withdrawing: bracchii, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26.
  2. II. A putting away, removing, removal.
      1. 1. Lit.: tutoris, Dig. 26, 10, 4.
      2. 2. Trop.: remotio criminis est cum ejus intentio facti, quod ab adversario infertur, in alium aut in aliud demovetur, Cic. Inv. 2, 29, 86; 2, 30, 91.