entlassen — meaning in English

English meaning

• absolve verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
• acquit verb To decide in court that someone is not guilty.
• discharge verb To officially release someone from a hospital, job, the armed forces, or legal custody.
• dismiss verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
• release verb To set free or allow to leave, especially from captivity or confinement.
• sack noun A large bag, typically of coarse material, used for carrying or storing bulk goods.
• terminate verb To bring something to an end.

Senses

entlassen 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.
• dismiss (transitive) To order to leave.
• dismiss (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
• lay off (transitive, chiefly, US, idiom) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.
• release The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
• sack (informal, transitive) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.

absolve — full definition

1. verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
2. verb To formally forgive someone of their sins.

acquit — full definition

1. verb To decide in court that someone is not guilty.
2. verb To pay off or settle something owed, such as a debt.
3. verb To free someone from a duty, obligation or charge.
4. verb To behave in a particular way, especially in carrying out a task.

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