adjective
Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
(of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
(obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
(obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.
noun
One who has been released from something.
(historical) A type of French police officer.
(UK) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
verb
(transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.