Noun

(en noun)

An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation

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(uncountable) The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of sending someone away.

(senseid)Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.

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A written or spoken statement of such an act.

Release from confinement; liberation.

Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.

(legal) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.

(cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.