† out-loosen.
Obsolete.
A means of escape (from an obligation, duty, etc.).Apparently an isolated use.
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1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 37 In the new Oath it runs (whereas I believe in my Conscience, &c. I will assist thus and thus) that (whereas) gives me an Outloose, for if I do not believe so, for ought I know, I swear not at all.
1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 14 If we once come to leave that outloose, as to pretend Conscience against Law, who knows what inconvenience may follow?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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