befreien — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absolve verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
- acquit verb To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
- clear adj Transparent, or free of clouds, mist, or obstruction.
- deliver verb To bring or take something to its intended destination.
- exempt adj Not required to do, pay, or follow something that otherwise applies.
- exonerate verb To officially clear someone of blame or wrongdoing.
- extricate verb To free someone or something from a difficult, entangled, or awkward situation.
- free adj Not under the control of someone else; not imprisoned or restricted.
- liberate verb To set someone or something free from confinement, control, or oppression.
- redeem verb To exchange a voucher, points, or a bond for cash or its stated value.
- release verb To set free or allow to leave, especially from captivity or confinement.
- rid verb To free a person, place, or thing of something unwanted, usually followed by "of."
- unfetter verb To release from fetters; to unchain; to let loose; to free.
Senses
befreien is used for these senses in English:
- absolve (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- acquit (transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
- acquit (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
- clear (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- deliver To set free from restraint or danger.
- disenthrall (transitive, literary, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) To free from slavery or captivation (thraldom).
- exonerate (transitive) To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
- extricate (transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
absolve — full definition
- verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
- verb To formally forgive someone of their sins.
acquit — full definition
- verb To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
- verb To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
- verb to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.
- verb To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.