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avløse, avløyse

verbverb

to relieve, to take over from, to succeed · to absolve

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. komme i stedet for;
    løse (1)to relieve av
    to come in place of;
    to relieveløse (1)
    • den ene regnbygen avløste den andre one shower of rain followed another
    • vaktpostene avløser hverandre hver time the sentries relieve each other every hour
  2. gi syndsforlatelseabsolution to grant absolutionsyndsforlatelse