| 1. to set free
2. to let go, dismiss, (to detain no longer) 1) a petitioner to whom liberty to depart is given by a decisive answer 2) to bid depart, send away 3. to let go free, release 1) a captive i.e. to loose his bonds and bid him depart, to give him liberty to depart 2) to acquit one accused of a crime and set him at liberty 3) indulgently to grant a prisoner leave to depart 4) to release a debtor, i.e. not to press one's claim against him, to remit his debt 4. used of divorce, to dismiss from the house, to repudiate. The wife of a Greek or Roman may divorce her husband. 5. to send one's self away, to depart |