entlasten

v/t

1. (Person, Kreislauf, Leitungen etc.) reduce (oder relieve) the strain on; (Person) auch make life easier for; psychisch: ease the burden on; arbeitsmäßig: reduce (oder lighten) the workload of, relieve; entlasten (von) relieve (of); den Verkehr entlasten reduce the traffic load; den Ballungsraum X entlasten relieve the congestion in X

2. JUR. (Angeklagte) teilweise: be a mitigating (oder extenuating) factor (oder circumstance) in s.o.’s case, be a point in s.o.’s favo(u)r; (Verdächtige) speak for (s.o., s.o.’s innocence); völlig: clear s.o. of a charge, exonerate; Beweis etc.: exculpate

3. WIRTS. (Konto) credit; (Schuldner) discharge

4. WIRTS. (Vorstand etc.) formally approve past actions of the board; (Vereinsvorstand etc.) approve action(s) taken by the committee

5. Skisport: (Ski) unweight

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(Last abnehmen) to relieve; to ease; to disburden; to unburden; to disencumber;

(von Schuld befreien) to clear of suspicion; to acquit; to clear; to exonerate

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ent|lạs|ten [ɛnt'lastn] ptp entla\#stet

vt

Achse, Telefonleitungen etc to relieve the strain or load on; Herz to relieve the strain on; Gewissen to relieve; (MIL, RAIL) to relieve; Verkehr to ease; Stadtzentrum to relieve congestion in; (= Arbeit abnehmen) Chef, Mitarbeiter, Hausfrau to take some of the load off, to relieve; (JUR) Angeklagten (völlig) to exonerate; (teilweise) to support the case of; (COMM = gutheißen) Vorstand to approve the activities of; (von Verpflichtungen, Schulden) jdn to discharge, to release

jdn finanziell entlasten — to ease sb's financial burden

jds Konto um einen Betrag entlasten — to credit sb or sb's account with a sum, to credit a sum to sb's account

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1) (to take (something heavy, difficult etc) from someone: May I relieve you of that heavy case?; The new gardener relieved the old man of the burden of cutting the grass.) relieve

2) ((with from or of) to rid or relieve (someone) of something: She was able to free herself from her debts by working at an additional job.) free

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ent·las·ten *

vt

1. JUR (vom Verdacht befreien)

▪ jdn [von etw dat] \entlasten to exonerate sb [from sth], to clear sb [of sth]

2. (von einer Belastung befreien)

▪ jdn \entlasten to lighten sb's load, to relieve sb

den Vorstand \entlasten to discharge the board

3. FIN (ausgleichen)

▪ etw \entlasten to settle sth

ein Konto \entlasten to credit an account

4. (Geschäftsführung genehmigen)

▪ jdn \entlasten to approve sb's activities [or actions]

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transitives Verb

1) relieve

jemanden entlasten — relieve or take the load off somebody

den Kreislauf entlasten — relieve the strain on the circulation

sein Gewissen entlasten — ease or relieve one's conscience

2) (Rechtsspr.) exonerate <defendant>

3) (Kaufmannsspr.) approve the actions of <chairman, board, etc.>

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entlasten v/t

1. (Person, Kreislauf, Leitungen etc) reduce (oder relieve) the strain on; (Person) auch make life easier for; psychisch: ease the burden on; arbeitsmäßig: reduce (oder lighten) the workload of, relieve;

entlasten (von) relieve (of);

den Verkehr entlasten reduce the traffic load;

den Ballungsraum X entlasten relieve the congestion in X

2. JUR (Angeklagte) teilweise: be a mitigating (oder extenuating) factor (oder circumstance) in sb’s case, be a point in sb’s favo(u)r; (Verdächtige) speak for (sb, sb’s innocence); völlig: clear sb of a charge, exonerate; Beweis etc: exculpate

3. WIRTSCH (Konto) credit; (Schuldner) discharge

4. WIRTSCH (Vorstand etc) formally approve past actions of the board; (Vereinsvorstand etc) approve action(s) taken by the committee

5. Skisport: (Ski) unweight

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transitives Verb

1) relieve

jemanden entlasten — relieve or take the load off somebody

den Kreislauf entlasten — relieve the strain on the circulation

sein Gewissen entlasten — ease or relieve one's conscience

2) (Rechtsspr.) exonerate <defendant>

3) (Kaufmannsspr.) approve the actions of <chairman, board, etc.>

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v.

to disburden v.

to disencumber v.

to exonerate v.

to release v.