1 (act of) untying, unbinding, undoing, unfastening 2 (act of) loosening, relaxing 3 (act of) disentangling, extricating 4 (act of) unravelling 5 (act of) (re)solving 6 solution 7 (act of) liberating, releasing, delivering, rescuing 8 (act of) absolving (in church) 9 absolution (in church)