1. To bring to a destination, make a delivery.
2. To present; to give forth.
3. To give birth to.
4. To utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.).
5. To free from sins, as in religious dogma; SYN. redeem, save.

To grant a dispensation; grant an exemption.

To grant voting rights; SYN. enfranchize.

To release from entanglement of difficulty; SYN. untangle, disentangle, disencumber.

1. To free from obligations or duties; SYN. discharge.
2. To free or remove obstruction from; SYN. disengage.
3. To grant freedom to; free from confinement; SYN. liberate, release, unloose, loose.
4. To make available or free for sale or publication; SYN. release.

To grant freedom to; SYN. set free.

1. To reduce especially by eliminating superfluous matter; to remove as superfluous
2. To cut off or cut back parts of for better shape or more fruitful growth
3. To cut away what is unwanted or superfluous

ETYM Pref. re + lease to let.
To part with; SYN. relinquish, free, give up.

1. To free from a burden, evil, or distress; SYN. deliver.
2. To provide physical relief, as from pain; SYN. alleviate, palliate, assuage.
3. To take by stealing

(Irregular preterit, past participle: rid).
To relieve from; SYN. free, disembarrass.

To release from or as if from a cage; free from restraint

1. To free from fetters
2. Emancipate, liberate

To free from shackles