'Release' definitions:
Definition of 'release'
(from WordNet)
noun
Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
noun
The act of liberating someone or something [syn: liberation, release, freeing]
noun
A process that liberates or discharges something; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
noun
An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation [syn: handout, press release, release]
noun
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking]
noun
Euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" [syn: passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release]
noun
A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation [syn: acquittance, release]
noun
A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism [syn: release, button]
noun
Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger" [syn: release, outlet, vent]
noun
noun
noun
(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone [syn: release, tone ending]
verb
Release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" [syn: let go of, let go, release, relinquish] [ant: hold, take hold]
verb
Grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose] [ant: confine, detain]
verb
Let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate" [syn: turn, release]
verb
Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper" [syn: publish, bring out, put out, issue, release]
verb
Eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" [syn: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release]
verb
Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" [syn: secrete, release]
verb
Make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" [syn: free, release]
verb
Part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free, give up]
verb
Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition [syn: release, free, liberate]
verb
Make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze, free, release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize]
Definition of 'Release'
From: GCIDE
- Release \Re*lease"\ (r?-l?s"), v. t. [Pref. re + lease to let.] To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Release'
From: GCIDE
- Release \Re*lease"\ (r?-l?s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Released (r?*l?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Releasing.] [OE. relessen, OF. relassier, to release, to let free. See Relay, n., Relax, and cf. Release to lease again.]
- 1. To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go. [1913 Webster]
- Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. --Mark xv. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance. [Obs.] --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- A sacred vow that none should aye release. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To free; liberate; loose; discharge; disengage; extricate; let go; quit; acquit. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Release'
From: GCIDE
- Release \Re*lease"\, n.
- 1. The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage. "Who boast'st release from hell." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Relief from care, pain, or any burden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Steam Engine) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mach.) A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required; specif.: (Elec.) A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit; also, the catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, which acts in case of an overload. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 7. (Phon.) The act or manner of ending a sound. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 8. (Railroads) In the block-signaling system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Lease and release. (Law) See under Lease.
- Out of release, without cessation. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Liberation; freedom; discharge. See Death. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'release'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- abjuration,
- absolution,
- absolve,
- accord,
- account,
- acknowledgment,
- acquaintance,
- acquit,
- acquittal,
- acquittance,
- admission,
- admit,
- advice,
- allow,
- allowance,
- amnesty,
- annihilation,
- announcement,
- bane,
- biological death,
- blue book,
- boot,
- bounce,
- break,
- break loose,
- break out,
- break up,
- breakout,
- breakup,
- briefing,
- bulletin,
- bump,
- bust,
- can,
- canceled check,
- cashier,
- cast loose,
- cast off,
- catharsis,
- cessation of life,
- cession,
- charter,
- circulate,
- cleanse,
- cleanse away,
- cleansing,
- clear,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- clinical death,
- come out with,
- communication,
- communique,
- compurgation,
- consent,
- crossing the bar,
- curtains,
- cut loose,
- data,
- datum,
- deactivate,
- deactivation,
- death,
- death knell,
- debrief,
- debt of nature,
- decease,
- decontaminate,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- deliver,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- demise,
- demob,
- demobilization,
- demobilize,
- demote,
- departure,
- deplume,
- depose,
- deprive,
- destigmatization,
- destigmatize,
- destigmatizing,
- detach,
- detachment,
- diaspora,
- diplomatic immunity,
- directory,
- disband,
- disbandment,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- disculpation,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disemploy,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disintegrate,
- disintegration,
- disinvolve,
- dislodge,
- dismiss,
- dismissal,
- disorganization,
- disorganize,
- dispatch,
- dispensation,
- dispense,
- dispense from,
- dispense with,
- dispersal,
- disperse,
- dispersion,
- displace,
- displume,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- disseminate,
- dissolution,
- dissolve,
- distribute,
- doff,
- doom,
- drum out,
- dumping,
- dying,
- ebb of life,
- emancipate,
- emancipation,
- embassy,
- emergence,
- emotional release,
- end,
- end of life,
- ending,
- enlightenment,
- escape,
- escapism,
- eternal rest,
- evasion,
- evidence,
- except,
- exception,
- exculpate,
- exculpation,
- excuse,
- exempt,
- exempt from,
- exemption,
- exit,
- exonerate,
- exoneration,
- expel,
- expiration,
- express,
- extinction,
- extinguishment,
- extract,
- extricate,
- extrication,
- facts,
- factual information,
- familiarization,
- final summons,
- finger of death,
- fire,
- flight,
- forgive,
- forgiveness,
- forgoing,
- forswearing,
- franchise,
- free,
- free from,
- freedom,
- freeing,
- furlough,
- gen,
- general information,
- get out,
- getaway,
- getting rid of,
- give absolution,
- give dispensation from,
- give leave,
- give off,
- give out,
- give permission,
- give release,
- give respite,
- give the ax,
- give the gate,
- give the go-ahead,
- give the word,
- giving up,
- go bail for,
- go separate ways,
- going,
- going off,
- grant,
- grant amnesty to,
- grant bail to,
- grant immunity,
- grant remission,
- grave,
- guidebook,
- hand of death,
- hand out,
- handout,
- hard information,
- immunity,
- incidental information,
- info,
- information,
- instruction,
- intelligence,
- intermission,
- intermit,
- issuance,
- issue,
- jailbreak,
- jaws of death,
- justify,
- kick,
- kick upstairs,
- knell,
- knowledge,
- last debt,
- last muster,
- last rest,
- last roundup,
- last sleep,
- launch,
- lay off,
- leak,
- leakage,
- leave,
- leave go,
- leaving life,
- legislative immunity,
- let,
- let go,
- let go free,
- let loose,
- let loose of,
- let off,
- let out,
- letter,
- letting go,
- liberate,
- liberation,
- liberty,
- license,
- lifesaving,
- light,
- loose,
- loosen,
- loosing,
- loss of life,
- make available,
- make possible,
- make redundant,
- making an end,
- manumission,
- manumit,
- mention,
- message,
- muster out,
- nonpros,
- notice,
- notification,
- OK,
- okay,
- outlet,
- pardon,
- parole,
- part,
- part company,
- parting,
- pass out,
- passing,
- passing away,
- passing over,
- patent,
- pension off,
- perishing,
- permission,
- permission to enter,
- permit,
- pneumatogram,
- present,
- presentation,
- press release,
- prisonbreak,
- privilege,
- promotional material,
- proof,
- publication,
- publicity,
- publish,
- purgation,
- purge,
- purge away,
- purging,
- put on parole,
- put out,
- quash the charge,
- quietus,
- quittance,
- ransom,
- read out of,
- recantation,
- receipt,
- receipt in full,
- recover,
- recovery,
- redeem,
- redemption,
- releasing,
- relinquish,
- relinquishment,
- remise,
- remission,
- remit,
- removal,
- remove,
- renunciation,
- replace,
- report,
- reprieve,
- rescue,
- rescuing,
- resign,
- resignation,
- respite,
- rest,
- retire,
- retraction,
- retrieval,
- retrieve,
- reward,
- riddance,
- sack,
- sacrifice,
- salvage,
- salvation,
- save,
- save the necessity,
- saving,
- say the word,
- scatter,
- sentence of death,
- separate,
- separate forcibly,
- separation,
- set at large,
- set free,
- setting-free,
- shades of death,
- shadow of death,
- shrive,
- sidelight,
- sleep,
- somatic death,
- spare,
- special permission,
- split up,
- split-up,
- statement,
- story,
- strip,
- summons of death,
- superannuate,
- surcease,
- surplus,
- surrender,
- suspend,
- suspension,
- swearing off,
- take off,
- tear loose,
- telegram,
- the dope,
- the goods,
- the know,
- the scoop,
- ticket,
- ticket of admission,
- transmission,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- unbar,
- unbind,
- unbinding,
- unbolt,
- unbolting,
- unbridling,
- unbuckle,
- unbuckling,
- unbutton,
- uncaging,
- unchain,
- unchaining,
- unclasp,
- unclutch,
- undo,
- unfasten,
- unfetter,
- unfettering,
- unfrock,
- ungagging,
- unglue,
- unhand,
- unhanding,
- unharnessing,
- unhobbling,
- unknot,
- unlace,
- unlashing,
- unlatch,
- unlatching,
- unleash,
- unleashing,
- unlock,
- unlocking,
- unloose,
- unloosen,
- unloosing,
- unmanacling,
- unmuzzling,
- unpenning,
- unravel,
- unshackle,
- unshackling,
- unsnarl,
- unstick,
- unstrap,
- unstrapping,
- untangle,
- untethering,
- untie,
- untrussing,
- untying,
- unveil,
- unyoking,
- vent,
- verdict of acquittal,
- vindicate,
- vindication,
- voucher,
- vouchsafe,
- vouchsafement,
- waiver,
- warrant,
- weigh anchor,
- white book,
- white paper,
- whitewash,
- withdraw the charge,
- word,
- yield,
- yielding
Words containing 'Release'
- Out of release,
- Releasable,
- Released,
- Releasement,
- Releaser,
- Releasing,
- Lease and release,
- press release,
- releasing factor,
- releasing hormone,
- energy-releasing,
- heat-releasing,
- hypothalamic releasing factor,
- hypothalamic releasing hormone,
- time-release,
- thyrotropin-releasing factor,
- thyrotropin-releasing hormone,
- growth hormone-releasing factor