ἀπολύω to loose from, τί τινος Od.: to undo, Od. to set free from, release or relieve from, τινὰ τῆς φρουρῆς, τῆς ἐπιμελείας Hdt., Xen.; τι ἀπό τινος Plat.:—Pass. to be set free from, Thuc. in legal sense, ἄπ. τῆς αἰτίης to acquit of the charge, Hdt., Xen.:—c. inf., ἀπ. τινὰ μὴ φῶρα εἶναι to acquit one of being a thief, Hdt.: then absol. to acquit, Ar. to let go free on receipt of ransom, hold to ransom, Il.:—Mid. to ransom, redeem, χρυσοῦ by payment of gold, Il. to discharge or disband an army, Xen.:—generally, to dismiss, Ar. to divorce a wife, NTest. Mid. to redeem, v. supr. II. to do away with charges against one, Lat. diluere, Thuc., Plat.:— absol., ἀπολυόμενος in defence, Hdt. like Pass. (c. II), to depart, Soph. Pass. to be released, let off, τῆς στρατηΐης from military service, Hdt.; τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀπολυθῆναι to be freed from their rule, Thuc.:—absol. to be acquitted, discharged, Thuc., Plat. of combatants, to be separated, part, Thuc. to depart, Soph.