Without of. Forgiveness or pardon granted for sins or offences against divine law; the cancelling of, or deliverance from, the guilt and penalties…

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

The action of freeing, or the fact of being freed, from some burden, task, duty, or demand; discharge from some debt or obligation. Also: an act or…

Remission from pain, punishment, an obligation, etc.; commutation, dispensation, revocation. Now chiefly Law.

The action of discharge, v. (in various senses). Chiefly with of.

Scots Law. Release or exemption from something owed or due, such as a debt or obligation; discharge from a debt or obligation; acquittance. Obsolete.

A release or discharge from a debt, obligation, etc.; spec. a document certifying such discharge; a receipt. Also figurative. Now chiefly historical.

Release or exemption from something due, as a debt, obligation, etc. Also figurative. Now chiefly historical.

The action or an act of freeing or releasing from obligation, liability, etc.; exoneration, exemption; spec. the action or an act of releasing a…

gen. Discharge or formal release from an obligation or an oath; release from a curse, a sinful way of life, etc.; liberation. Also: an instance of…

The action of acquit, v. (in various senses); (also) an instance of this.

= quittance, n. 2.

The action of setting free, or the state of being set free, from a duty, obligation, etc.; release from a duty, etc.

Scots Law. Release from an obligation; (also) the right of a person accountable for something, esp. one who has stood security for a debt, to…

Release or exemption from something due, as a debt, tax, obligation, etc.; = acquittance, n. 3. Now historical.

The act of releasing, or the fact of being released, from prison, obligation, debt, trouble, etc. Now rare.

Relief from constraint or pressure; abrogation or alleviation of a burden or obligation; †redress of grievances. †writ of ease: a certificate of…

The action of excuse, v. The action of releasing (a person) from an obligation; a dispensation, release. Obsolete.

The action or an act of relieving; relief.

The action or fact of excusing; an instance of this. Const. of. In later use chiefly of local rates.

The action of disburdening or relieving, or the state of being relieved from a duty, office, obligation, payment, etc.; also, from blame or…

transferred. Exemption, release from any obligation, fate, etc.; remission. archaic or Obsolete.

= absolution, n. (in various senses).