To give a loose, to give freedom.
Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
Addison.
Loose (ls), v. n. [imp. & p. p. Loosed (lst); p. pr. & vb. n. Loosing.]
[From Loose, a.] 1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to
remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ?
Job. xxxviii. 31.
Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and
bring them unto me.
Matt. xxi. 2.
2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage;
hence, to absolve; to remit.
Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife.