1. Having lost one's job; SYN. dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped.
2. Set free as from prison or duty; SYN. released.

The labor of unloading something.

1. To eliminate, as of bodily substances; SYN. expel, eject, release.
2. To pour forth or release; esp. of liquids.
3. To release from military service; SYN. muster out.
4. To remove the charge from.
5. To fire a weapon.

To take the load off