To excuse or exempt someone from a duty or fee; to remove or dispense with a procedure.

To avoid, escape, or avert; to manage to dodge something undesirable.

To remove someone from a position or office; to fire or relieve of a post.

Used in signs or formal contexts to indicate something is not allowed or should not be done

(archaic) To wear mourning clothes or a hempen headband to show grief; also refers to the mourning garments themselves.

a Chinese surname