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Befreiung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deliverance noun The act of being freed or rescued from danger, captivity, or hardship.
  • discharge verb To officially release someone from a hospital, job, the armed forces, or legal custody.
  • exemption noun The state of being freed from a duty, rule, or payment that would otherwise apply.
  • liberation noun The act of setting someone or something free, or the state of having been freed.

Senses

Befreiung is used for these senses in English:

  • deliverance The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
  • discharge The act of expelling or letting go.
  • disentanglement Removal of, or extrication from twists, tangles, complications or confusion.
  • exemption An act of exempting.
  • exemption The state of being exempt; immunity.
  • liberation The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

deliverance — full definition

  1. noun The act of being freed or rescued from danger, captivity, or hardship.
  2. noun The act of handing something over or bringing it to its destination.

discharge — full definition

  1. verb To officially release someone from a hospital, job, the armed forces, or legal custody.
  2. verb To fire a weapon, or to release something suddenly, such as a liquid, gas, or electrical charge.
  3. verb To fulfil or pay off a duty, debt, or obligation.
  4. noun The act of releasing someone or something, such as a patient, employee, or soldier.
  5. noun A substance released from the body or another source, such as pus or waste.

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