To release from restraint or inhibition.
To release from chemical bonds or solutions.
To acquire from an enemy during wartime, used especially of cities, regions, and other population centers.
To release from servitude or unjust rule.
To release from slavery: to manumit.
To acquire from another by theft or force: to steal, to rob.
To restrain (a person).
To take no action on; to hold in reserve without actually using.
To hold an official inquiry regarding; to deliberate about.
To block, suppress, restrain.
To be a member of.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sit, on.