release (v.) Copy link Outline 1. exsolvo, vi, sŏlūtum, 32. solvo, vi, sŏlūtum, 3 (rather less strong than preced.)3. rĕsolvo, vi, sŏlūtum, 3 (to unloose4. lībĕro, 15. laxo, 1 (to loosen, relax)6. exŏnĕro, 1 • release (v.): 1. exsolvo, vi, sŏlūtum, 3: to r. any one from debt, e. aliquem aere alieno, Liv. 6, 14, ad fin.: to r. minds from the bonds of superstition, e. animos religionum nodis, Lucr. 1, 932: if I shall get relaxation from my business (for I do not ask to be wholly r.d from it), occupationibus meis si me relaxavero, nam ut plane exsolvam non postulo, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5. 2. solvo, vi, sŏlūtum, 3 (rather less strong than preced.): to r. any one from care and business, aliquem cura et negotio s., Cic. Rep. 1, 18: to r. one's native land from fear, s. patriam metu, Prop. 4, 6, 41: to r. the state from religious obligation, religione civitatem s., Cic. Caecin. 34, 98. 3. rĕsolvo, vi, sŏlūtum, 3 (to unloose: esp. poet.): to r. a virgin from chains, r. virginem catenis, Ov. M. 4, 738: no expiations shall r. you, te nulla piacula resolvent, Hor. Od. 1, 28, 34. 4. lībĕro, 1: to r. slaves, l. servos, Caes. B. C. 3, 9: to r. from a danger, l. periculo, id. ib. 3, 83: to r. oneself from obligations to Venus, l. se a Venere, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55: to r. oneself from disagreeable circumstances by a payment, l. se pecunia ex incommodis, id. Verr. 5, 9, 23: also with gen.: to be r.d from a vow, liberari voti, Liv. 5, 28, ad init.: v. deliver, free. 5. laxo, 1 (to loosen, relax): to r. from the thraldom of lust, libidinum vinculis l., Cic. Sen. 3, 7: r.d from the body, corpore laxati, id. Rep. 6, 15, ad fin.: v. relieve. 6. exŏnĕro, 1: v. unburden. Phr.: you, r.d from your quiver, tu renodata pharetris, Val. Fl. 5, 381: no repose r.s me from toil, nullum ab labore me reclinat otium, Hor. Epod. 17, 24.