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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1490, 1630-1672
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Liberatioun, n. Also: liberacioun, -ation. [Late ME. (c 1440) and OF. (14th c.) liberacion, e.m.E. liberation (1532), L. līberātio f. līberāre Liberat v.In Sc., noted by us only in the 15th and again in the 17th c.]
a. Liberation, setting at liberty. b. fig. Discharge, exoneration, acquittance, exemption.a. c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 961.
[They] changed the sentence Gevin to Helenys offence And in hyr liberacioune All has consented 1490 Irland Mir. fol. 144 b.
Thai that ware befor vndir oure powere … makis ws gret … mannassing of thar liberacioun and deliueraunce — 1672 Rothesay B. Rec. 221.
The said Allexander depounit that the baillie causit ward him and that … his wyff … [spoke to] the baillie for his liberatiouneb. 1630 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 318.
To give yow all just satisfaction in securitie for your liberation thairof [a transfer of money] 1630 Ib. 329.
This acquittance wilbe a sufficient liberation to your ladyship [of a payment] 1650 Glasgow Wrights Acts 10.
No member of the croft sall plead for exemptioune or liberatioune to wnfriemen [etc.] 1651 Rutherglen B. Rec. I. 3.
To supplicate … for liberatioune from quarteringis sa far as is possible in tym cuming
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