This is not a word commonly used in conversation.
kawas: forgiveness, emancipation
kawás (adjective): freed
MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
kawas: emansipasyon, kaligtasan, kalayaan, pagkalibre
ikawas: ipalaya, palayain
There is a Cebuano word ikawas that could mean iniahon (to take out from water or from the ocean/river).

