To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
To bind or devote by a vow.
To discard or reject something.
To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.