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entlassen — 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.
  • 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 declare or find innocent or not guilty.
  2. verb To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
  3. verb to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.
  4. verb To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.

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