loosingn.

/ˈluːsɪŋ/

Etymology: < loose v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of loose v.

†1. Letting go; setting free, release. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement

unbinding1382

releasing1395

loosing1415

dischargec1458

enlargement1540

release1559

relaxationa1578

unloosing1578

bail1598

loosening1598

releasant1606

enlarge1608

dismission1609

eluctation1627

to let go1631

relaxating1647

unfetteringa1653

disimprisonment1656

disimprisoning1659

absolute discharge1729

disincarceration1831

decarceration1963

1415 in 43rd Ann. Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. (1882) App. i. 587 in Parl. Papers (C. 3425) XXXVI. 1 Ye mon shulde cum agayn on Tiseday to tel ye way of yair lawsyng.

1504 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 186 The letter that come from William Elison, the which I had mynd in for loyssing of Edmund Ward, for I have gotten him forth by the wayes of William Ellyson.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Soltura Loosing, deliuering, solutio, dimissio.

†2. The making or rendering loose in a socket or the like; the untying (of a knot). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun]

undoinga1425

leesingc1440

loosing1482

dissolution1548

unlocking1568

unloosing1578

loosening1598

unbinding1598

untying1598

abstriction1650

unclenching1688

unclinching1688

apoptosis1749

unreeving1775

unloosening1793

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] > untying a knot

loosing1482

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] > weakening attachment

loosing1482

1482 Monk of Evesham 38 Some were also rasyd with fyry naylys vnto the bonys and to the lowsing of her ioyntys.

1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 249 Rather then I wil tarrie the loosing of them [sc. knottes], I wil cutt them in sunder.

1599 Life Sir T. More in C. Wordsworth Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 99 The old man's purse was made fast to his girdle, which the thief spying gave it the looseing.

3. A setting free, absolving, or discharging (from guilt, sentence, or obligation); remission of a sin or penance.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > release from duty or obligation

remission?1316

loosingc1357

releasec1390

releasing1395

discharginga1398

defeasance1399

quittancea1400

acquittancec1405

discharge1423

absolution1447

acquittinga1450

quietance1451

excusationc1475

relief1496

acquittal?1538

releasement1548

ease1576

excuse1577

relievement1583

excusal1584

exoneration1640

dispensation1653

absolvement1689

c1357 Lay Folks Catech. (MS. T.) 345 At thair bother assent for to lyve samen Withouten ony lousyng to thair life lastes.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxxvi This power of byndyng & losynge of synne, is deriuyed from the apostles to y^e mynystres of Christes chirche.

1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 505 What is the remission [of sins] itself, or the loosing of that obligation?

1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1132 The pardon or remission of sins..consists in the loosing of sinful men from that obligation to eternal punishment.

1871 Sprott Sc. Liturgies Jas. VI (1901) Notes 151 This has always been regarded as a notable example of binding and loosing by the minister.

†4. The action of weighing anchor or setting free the moorings of a ship; getting under weigh.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action, fact, or opportunity of anchoring > weighing anchor

weighing1485

loosing1632

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 54 Vpon the second day after our loosing from Clissa, we arriued at Ragusa.

†5. The action of letting-go the drawn string of a bow. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > use of bow and arrow > [noun] > letting go string

loosingc1400

c1400 Laud Troy-bk. 7797 [He] drow an Arwe vp to the vale; And as he was In his losyng, Diomedes..to him rode, Ar euere arwe fro him glode.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 1^v Phi. what handlyng is proper to the Instrumentes. Tox. Standynge, nockyng, drawyng, holdyng, lowsing, wherby commeth fayre shotynge.

1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion xvii. Illustr. 268 His death by an infortunate loosing at a Dear out of one Walter Tirrels hand.

6. A sum of money paid on the completion of a contract or obligation.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > other charges or payments

wood-hire1361

poll penny1489

dilapidation1553

soilage1593

admittyc1600

mortcloth1636

table money1659

treaty-money1763

carrying charge1834

handling charge1858

loosing1889

1889 W. Marcroft Ups & Downs 10 On my coming to be 21 years of age there must be a loosing paid of one guinea.

7. Scots Law. A release.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > remission of something due

remissiona1382

releasea1387

pardonc1387

relaxation1440

pardoningc1443

loosing1495

general discharge1565

absolute discharge1572

remitter1726

1495 Rolls of Parl. VI. 481/2 If ther shall fortune a resonable consideracion or consideracions to be upon the making of the said Leasses, for lossyng of the same.

1564–65 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 317 Providing alwayis that the lowsing of the said arreistment..sall na wyise be hurtful.

1798 Monthly Mag. 6 176 (Scots Law Phrases) A Loosing of Arrestment, a Writ to discharge such attachment, which issues of course on the debtor giving security for payment of the debt.

Compounds

loosing-place n. [compare lossing n.] Scottish a place for unloading vessels (? obsolete). loosing-time n. the time of release from work (dialect).

ΚΠ

1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. III. 35 The bottom or tail..of this bank..as a loosing place, experienced mariners prefer to any other harbour in the frith.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. ii. 35 Looking at their watches..lest they should work for their master half an instant after loosing-time.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	loosing
释义	loosingn. /ˈluːsɪŋ/ Etymology: < loose v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of loose v. †1. Letting go; setting free, release. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement unbinding1382 releasing1395 loosing1415 dischargec1458 enlargement1540 release1559 relaxationa1578 unloosing1578 bail1598 loosening1598 releasant1606 enlarge1608 dismission1609 eluctation1627 to let go1631 relaxating1647 unfetteringa1653 disimprisonment1656 disimprisoning1659 absolute discharge1729 disincarceration1831 decarceration1963 1415 in 43rd Ann. Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. (1882) App. i. 587 in Parl. Papers (C. 3425) XXXVI. 1 Ye mon shulde cum agayn on Tiseday to tel ye way of yair lawsyng. 1504 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 186 The letter that come from William Elison, the which I had mynd in for loyssing of Edmund Ward, for I have gotten him forth by the wayes of William Ellyson. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Soltura Loosing, deliuering, solutio, dimissio. †2. The making or rendering loose in a socket or the like; the untying (of a knot). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] undoinga1425 leesingc1440 loosing1482 dissolution1548 unlocking1568 unloosing1578 loosening1598 unbinding1598 untying1598 abstriction1650 unclenching1688 unclinching1688 apoptosis1749 unreeving1775 unloosening1793 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] > untying a knot loosing1482 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] > weakening attachment loosing1482 1482 Monk of Evesham 38 Some were also rasyd with fyry naylys vnto the bonys and to the lowsing of her ioyntys. 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 249 Rather then I wil tarrie the loosing of them [sc. knottes], I wil cutt them in sunder. 1599 Life Sir T. More in C. Wordsworth Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 99 The old man's purse was made fast to his girdle, which the thief spying gave it the looseing. 3. A setting free, absolving, or discharging (from guilt, sentence, or obligation); remission of a sin or penance. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > release from duty or obligation remission?1316 loosingc1357 releasec1390 releasing1395 discharginga1398 defeasance1399 quittancea1400 acquittancec1405 discharge1423 absolution1447 acquittinga1450 quietance1451 excusationc1475 relief1496 acquittal?1538 releasement1548 ease1576 excuse1577 relievement1583 excusal1584 exoneration1640 dispensation1653 absolvement1689 c1357 Lay Folks Catech. (MS. T.) 345 At thair bother assent for to lyve samen Withouten ony lousyng to thair life lastes. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxxvi This power of byndyng & losynge of synne, is deriuyed from the apostles to y^e mynystres of Christes chirche. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 505 What is the remission [of sins] itself, or the loosing of that obligation? 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1132 The pardon or remission of sins..consists in the loosing of sinful men from that obligation to eternal punishment. 1871 Sprott Sc. Liturgies Jas. VI (1901) Notes 151 This has always been regarded as a notable example of binding and loosing by the minister. †4. The action of weighing anchor or setting free the moorings of a ship; getting under weigh. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action, fact, or opportunity of anchoring > weighing anchor weighing1485 loosing1632 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 54 Vpon the second day after our loosing from Clissa, we arriued at Ragusa. †5. The action of letting-go the drawn string of a bow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > use of bow and arrow > [noun] > letting go string loosingc1400 c1400 Laud Troy-bk. 7797 [He] drow an Arwe vp to the vale; And as he was In his losyng, Diomedes..to him rode, Ar euere arwe fro him glode. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 1^v Phi. what handlyng is proper to the Instrumentes. Tox. Standynge, nockyng, drawyng, holdyng, lowsing, wherby commeth fayre shotynge. 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion xvii. Illustr. 268 His death by an infortunate loosing at a Dear out of one Walter Tirrels hand. 6. A sum of money paid on the completion of a contract or obligation. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > other charges or payments wood-hire1361 poll penny1489 dilapidation1553 soilage1593 admittyc1600 mortcloth1636 table money1659 treaty-money1763 carrying charge1834 handling charge1858 loosing1889 1889 W. Marcroft Ups & Downs 10 On my coming to be 21 years of age there must be a loosing paid of one guinea. 7. Scots Law. A release. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > remission of something due remissiona1382 releasea1387 pardonc1387 relaxation1440 pardoningc1443 loosing1495 general discharge1565 absolute discharge1572 remitter1726 1495 Rolls of Parl. VI. 481/2 If ther shall fortune a resonable consideracion or consideracions to be upon the making of the said Leasses, for lossyng of the same. 1564–65 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 317 Providing alwayis that the lowsing of the said arreistment..sall na wyise be hurtful. 1798 Monthly Mag. 6 176 (Scots Law Phrases) A Loosing of Arrestment, a Writ to discharge such attachment, which issues of course on the debtor giving security for payment of the debt. Compounds loosing-place n. [compare lossing n.] Scottish a place for unloading vessels (? obsolete). loosing-time n. the time of release from work (dialect). ΚΠ 1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. III. 35 The bottom or tail..of this bank..as a loosing place, experienced mariners prefer to any other harbour in the frith. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. ii. 35 Looking at their watches..lest they should work for their master half an instant after loosing-time. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2021). loosingadj. Etymology: < loose v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈloosing. Relaxing; laxative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > purgative outrunningeOE laxativea1398 purgativea1398 openinga1400 abstersive?a1425 purging?c1425 solublec1503 minorative1543 purgy1562 relaxing1562 solutive1564 benedict1576 aperitive1582 scouring1597 apertive1605 dejective1605 relaxative1611 subductory1620 calastic1621 aperient1626 cathartic1639 dejectory1640 relaxant1651 spurginga1652 cathartical1656 anastomotic1657 ecphractic1657 ecphractical1657 rhyptical1657 rhyptic1659 loosening1665 eccathartic1681 fluxing1702 chalastic1704 loosinga1722 hypactic1753 evacuatory1789 evacuant1800 relaxatory1925 a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 43 In my experience I fand it very loosing, for before I was weill accoustened wt it, if I chanced to sup any tyme any quantity of the pottage, I was sure of 2 or 3 stools afternoon wt it. 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loosingn.

Compounds

loosingadj.