uncharge

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ charge.

Verb

uncharge (third-person singular simple present uncharges, present participle uncharging, simple past and past participle uncharged)

1. (transitive, archaic) To free from a charge or load; to unload or unburden.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)

2. (transitive, obsolete) To free from an accusation; to make no charge against; to acquit.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:

     And for his death no wind of blame shall breathe;
     But even his mother shall uncharge the practice,
     And call it accident.

References

“uncharge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.