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adj
noun
noun
- an exemption from some rule or obligation
- the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
- a share that has been dispensed or distributed
- The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption.
- A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy
- That which is dispensed, dealt out, or given; that which is bestowed on someone
- (Catholicism) In the Roman Catholic Church, an exemption from some ecclesiastical law, or from an obligation to God which a person has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).
- The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution
- The distribution of good and evil by God to man.
noun
- An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
- The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
- (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
- The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
- the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
verb
- (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
- (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
- (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
- (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
- (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
- (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
- (transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- (transitive) To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant.
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- adjust the spaces between words
- (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
verb
- To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
- To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
- To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
- (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
- To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
- (military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
- To unload a ship or another means of transport.
- (transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
- (medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
- To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
- To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
- To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
- To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
- To give forth; to emit or send out.
- To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
- (logic) To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
- To expel or let go.
- To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
- remove the charge from
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- release from military service
- complete or carry out
- become empty or void of its content
- free from obligations or duties
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- eliminate (a substance)
- go off or discharge
- cause to go off
- pour forth or release
noun
- (military) The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
- (medicine) The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
- The process of flowing out.
- (medicine, uncountable) Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes.
- (hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
- The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
- (electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
- The process of removing the load borne by something.
- (law) Release from liability, as granted to someone having served in a position of trust, such as to the officers and governors of a corporate body.
- The material thus released.
- The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- the sudden giving off of energy
- the act of discharging a gun
- any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
- a substance that is emitted or released
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- the act of venting
verb
- (transitive) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
- (transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
- (ambitransitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
- (transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).
- (transitive, computing) To close (an application).
- (transitive) To leave (a place).
- (ambitransitive) To stop, give up (an activity). [(usually) with gerund; or with verbal noun]
- give up or retire from a position
- put an end to a state or an activity
- give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
- turn away from; give up
- go away or leave
adj
noun
noun
- the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
- the state of being cancelled or annulled
- (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc.)
- The state of having been annulled.
- (law, Catholicism) A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
- (law) An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
- An act or instance of annulling.
verb
noun
- a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that they could not have committed the crime in question
- (law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
- (sometimes proscribed) An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.
noun
- immunity from an obligation or duty
- An act of exempting.
- an act exempting someone
- a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of their status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)
- A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
- Freedom from a defect or weakness.
- The state of being exempt; immunity.
noun
- immunity from an obligation or duty
- the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
- (countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
- Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.
- The right or privilege of unrestricted use or access
- Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
- (uncountable) The state of being free.
noun
- (law) An exemption from prosecution.
- an act exempting someone
- (medicine) Protective resistance against disease.
- (in games and competitions) An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.
- (countable) A resistance to a specific thing.
- (religion) An exemption from penance.
- (law) An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.
- the quality of being unaffected by something
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- the state of not being susceptible
noun
- giving in acknowledgment of obligation
- perspective drawing of an architect's design
- a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
- a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
- Sketch, illustration, or painting.
- (computer graphics) The process of producing an image from an internal model, or the image thus produced.
- Version; translation.
- The act or process by which something is rendered.
verb
adj
- (of a law, rule, vow, etc.) Subject to dispensation; possible to relax, exempt from, or annul.
- Capable of being dispensed.
- Able to be done without; easily replaced.
- (biochemistry, nutrition, of an amino acid) Not essential to be taken in as part of an organism's diet, as it can be synthesized de novo.
- capable of being dispensed with or done without
noun
adv
- (law) In a fiduciary manner.
- (proscribed) Synonym of fiducial (accepted as a basis of reference)
- In a fiducial manner; using or as a reference marker.
- With confidence.
- (statistics) Pertaining to or based on the correspondence between a parameter in a sample and the same parameter in the population from which the sample was drawn.
verb
- (transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
- grant remission of a sin to
- (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
- (transitive, law) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
- (transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
- (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
- (transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.
- let off the hook
noun
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic
- a document containing the terms of surrender
- The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
- The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
- An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
- A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
noun
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a movement downward
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- a downward slope or bend
- (nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
- A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
- That which falls or cascades.
- The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
- (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
- A loss of greatness or status.
- An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
- (nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
- A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
- The height of that which falls or cascades.
- (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
- (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
verb
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- slope downward
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- lose one's chastity
- yield to temptation or sin
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lose an upright position suddenly
- move in a specified direction
- begin vigorously
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be due
- be inherited by
- come out; issue
- occur at a specified time or place
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- lose office or power
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- come under, be classified or included
- come into the possession of
- fall or flow in a certain way
- come as if by falling
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- fall from clouds
- be captured
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- be cast down
- to be given by right or inheritance
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- go as if by falling
- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
- (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
- To come down, to drop or descend.
- (copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become (chiefly used with negative states).
- (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
- To come as if by dropping down.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
- (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
- (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To be brought to the ground.
- (intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To visit; to go to a place.
intj
noun
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- a verbal act of admitting defeat
- the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
- acceptance of despair
- (law, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
- An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
- The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
verb
- give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
- relinquish possession or control over
- (ambitransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
- (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
- (transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
- (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
- (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
- (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
noun
verb
- grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- give or apply (medications)
- To issue, distribute, or give out.
- (particularly in canon law) To give a dispensation to (someone); to excuse.
- To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
- To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
noun
- an exemption from some rule or obligation
- the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
- a share that has been dispensed or distributed
- The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption.
- A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy
- That which is dispensed, dealt out, or given; that which is bestowed on someone
- (Catholicism) In the Roman Catholic Church, an exemption from some ecclesiastical law, or from an obligation to God which a person has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).
- The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution
- The distribution of good and evil by God to man.
noun
- An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
- The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
- (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
- The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
- the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
noun
- the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
- the state of being cancelled or annulled
- (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc.)
- The state of having been annulled.
- (law, Catholicism) A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
- (law) An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
- An act or instance of annulling.
noun
- immunity from an obligation or duty
- An act of exempting.
- an act exempting someone
- a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of their status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)
- A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
- Freedom from a defect or weakness.
- The state of being exempt; immunity.
noun
- immunity from an obligation or duty
- the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
- (countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
- Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.
- The right or privilege of unrestricted use or access
- Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
- (uncountable) The state of being free.
noun
- (law) An exemption from prosecution.
- an act exempting someone
- (medicine) Protective resistance against disease.
- (in games and competitions) An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.
- (countable) A resistance to a specific thing.
- (religion) An exemption from penance.
- (law) An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.
- the quality of being unaffected by something
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- the state of not being susceptible
noun
- giving in acknowledgment of obligation
- perspective drawing of an architect's design
- a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
- a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
- Sketch, illustration, or painting.
- (computer graphics) The process of producing an image from an internal model, or the image thus produced.
- Version; translation.
- The act or process by which something is rendered.
verb
noun
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic
- a document containing the terms of surrender
- The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
- The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
- An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
- A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
noun
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a movement downward
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- a downward slope or bend
- (nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
- A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
- That which falls or cascades.
- The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
- (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
- A loss of greatness or status.
- An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
- (nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
- A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
- The height of that which falls or cascades.
- (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
- (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
verb
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- slope downward
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- lose one's chastity
- yield to temptation or sin
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lose an upright position suddenly
- move in a specified direction
- begin vigorously
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be due
- be inherited by
- come out; issue
- occur at a specified time or place
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- lose office or power
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- come under, be classified or included
- come into the possession of
- fall or flow in a certain way
- come as if by falling
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- fall from clouds
- be captured
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- be cast down
- to be given by right or inheritance
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- go as if by falling
- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
- (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
- To come down, to drop or descend.
- (copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become (chiefly used with negative states).
- (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
- To come as if by dropping down.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
- (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
- (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To be brought to the ground.
- (intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To visit; to go to a place.
intj
noun
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- a verbal act of admitting defeat
- the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
- acceptance of despair
- (law, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
- An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
- The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
verb
- give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
- relinquish possession or control over
- (ambitransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
- (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
- (transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
- (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
- (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
- (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
- (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
- (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
- (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
- (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
- (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
- (transitive) To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- (transitive) To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant.
- show to be right by providing justification or proof
- adjust the spaces between words
- (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin
verb
- To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
- To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
- To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
- (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
- To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
- (military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
- To unload a ship or another means of transport.
- (transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
- (medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
- To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
- To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
- To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
- To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
- To give forth; to emit or send out.
- To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
- (logic) To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
- To expel or let go.
- To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
- remove the charge from
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- release from military service
- complete or carry out
- become empty or void of its content
- free from obligations or duties
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- eliminate (a substance)
- go off or discharge
- cause to go off
- pour forth or release
noun
- (military) The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
- (medicine) The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
- The process of flowing out.
- (medicine, uncountable) Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes.
- (hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
- The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
- (electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
- The process of removing the load borne by something.
- (law) Release from liability, as granted to someone having served in a position of trust, such as to the officers and governors of a corporate body.
- The material thus released.
- The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- the sudden giving off of energy
- the act of discharging a gun
- any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
- a substance that is emitted or released
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- the act of venting
verb
- (transitive) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
- (transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
- (ambitransitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
- (transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).
- (transitive, computing) To close (an application).
- (transitive) To leave (a place).
- (ambitransitive) To stop, give up (an activity). [(usually) with gerund; or with verbal noun]
- give up or retire from a position
- put an end to a state or an activity
- give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
- turn away from; give up
- go away or leave
adj
noun
verb
noun
- a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that they could not have committed the crime in question
- (law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
- (sometimes proscribed) An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.
verb
- (transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
- grant remission of a sin to
- (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
- (transitive, law) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
- (transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
- (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
- (transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.
- let off the hook
verb
- grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- give or apply (medications)
- To issue, distribute, or give out.
- (particularly in canon law) To give a dispensation to (someone); to excuse.
- To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
- To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
adv
- (law) In a fiduciary manner.
- (proscribed) Synonym of fiducial (accepted as a basis of reference)
- In a fiducial manner; using or as a reference marker.
- With confidence.
- (statistics) Pertaining to or based on the correspondence between a parameter in a sample and the same parameter in the population from which the sample was drawn.
adj
noun
adj
- (of a law, rule, vow, etc.) Subject to dispensation; possible to relax, exempt from, or annul.
- Capable of being dispensed.
- Able to be done without; easily replaced.
- (biochemistry, nutrition, of an amino acid) Not essential to be taken in as part of an organism's diet, as it can be synthesized de novo.
- capable of being dispensed with or done without