noun, formal - the power to choose something freely or to make your own decisions
verb - to tell or allow someone, especially an employee, to stop working temporarily
noun - permission not to do or pay something that others are required to
noun, informal - doing something to someone because they did the same thing to you
adjective, literary - going around in search of things to steal or people to attack
verb - to make something resistant to sound, so that noise cannot pass through