отпуска́ть — meaning in English
otpuskat
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English meaning
- absolve verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
- dismiss verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
- ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
- loose adj Not firmly attached, fixed, or fitting tightly.
- manumit verb To release (someone) from slavery; to free.
- release verb To set free or allow to leave, especially from captivity or confinement.
- relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
Senses
отпуска́ть is used for these senses in English:
- absolve (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- dismiss (transitive) To order to leave.
- dismiss (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
- ease (nautical, transitive) To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
- let go (intransitive, with of, and, transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.
- let loose (transitive, idiomatic) To free; to release from restraint.
- loose (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
- loose (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
absolve — full definition
- verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
- verb To formally forgive someone of their sins.
dismiss — full definition
- verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
- verb To refuse to take something seriously or to consider it worth thinking about.
- verb To tell someone they are free to leave.