(transitive) To make loose.

(intransitive) To become loose.

(transitive) To disengage (a device that restrains).

(intransitive) To become unfastened or undone.

(transitive) To free from restraint; to set at liberty.

(transitive) To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.

(transitive, obsolete) To create a breach or rift between (two parties).

(intransitive, obsolete) To sail away (from the shore).