to remove (a knapsack, harness, makeup etc); (fig.) to lay aside (a burden, responsibility, anxiety etc)

to unload cargo; (fig.) to give birth to a baby

to leave office

(of a woman) to take off one's head ornaments and jewels

to loosen a yoke; to remove harness (from beast of burden)

to remove makeup; (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments

shackle (U-shaped link)

to resign from office; to dismiss from office

(of an actor) to remove makeup and costume; (computing) to uninstall; to unmount

to avoid responsibility; to shift the responsibility onto others; (Tw) to relieve sb of their responsibilities (e.g. upon retirement)

to unload cargo; to uninstall (software)

to remove; to get rid of

lit. a weight off one's shoulders; fig. to resign a post; to lay down a burden; to be relieved of a job

lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful