Aniemi describes releasing what restrains, letting equipment go, abandoning threats, or not leaving someone behind.

The attested uses show release from physical restraint or the letting go of equipment, alongside leaving off a threatening practice and the stated refusal to leave a person.

1. Releasing restraints or equipment · common

   In Acts 16:26, the aorist passive indicative occurs as the prison doors open and the APB renders the result that everyone's bonds were "unfastened." In Acts 27:40, the aorist active participle occurs in the ship's actions; the APB renders that they "let them go into the sea" in connection with the anchors.

   Acts 16:26Acts 27:40
2. Leaving off or not abandoning · common

   In Ephesians 6:9, the present active participle appears in the instruction to masters, where the APB renders "giving up the threat." In Hebrews 13:5, the first-person aorist active subjunctive stands in the quoted assurance that the APB renders, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

   Ephesians 6:9Hebrews 13:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the occurrences with varied wording: bonds are "unfastened," anchors are let go, threats are given up, and a person is not left. These renderings confirm the clauses' contexts rather than supplying a separate definition for each occurrence.