відпускати

From від- (vid-) +‎ пуска́ти (puskáty). Compare Russian отпуска́ть (otpuskátʹ), Belarusian адпуска́ць (adpuskácʹ), Polish odpuszczać.

• IPA^(key): [ʋʲidpʊˈskate]

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відпуска́ти • (vidpuskáty) impf (perfective відпусти́ти) (transitive)

1. to let go (allow to leave)
2. to free, to release, to set free

   Synonyms: визволя́ти impf (vyzvoljáty), випуска́ти impf (vypuskáty), емансипува́ти impf (emansypuváty), звільня́ти impf (zvilʹnjáty)

   відпуска́ти на во́лю (historical) ― vidpuskáty na vólju ― to release from serfdom, to emancipate, to enfranchise, to manumit

3. to let go of, to unhand (release from one's grasp)
4. to loosen, to relax, to slacken (make less tight)

   Synonym: посла́блювати impf (poslábljuvaty)

5. (chiefly impersonal, figurative, colloquial) to ease, to lessen (pain, cold)

   Synonym: сла́бнути impf (slábnuty)

6. to release, to supply (:funds, resources, etc.)
7. to grow, to let grow (:hair, beard, etc.)
8. (religion) to absolve, to forgive, to remit (:sin)

   Synonym: проща́ти impf (proščáty)

9. (metallurgy) to temper

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• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “відпускати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “відпускати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “відпускати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “відпускати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “відпускати”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “відпускати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “відпускати”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)