LEAVE, n.
1. Permission allowance license liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed.
No friend has leave to bear away the dead.
David earnestly asked leave of me. 1 Samuel 20 .
2. Farewell adieu ceremony of departure a formal parting of friends used chiefly in the phrase to take leave. Acts 18 .
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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