Set free or discharged from obligations (8)

I believe the answer is:

released

(Other definitions for released that I've seen before include "Freed from confinement" , "Set free" , "Let out - let out again" , "Liberated" , "free after imprisonment?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times and the Irish Times (Simplex).

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