'Released' definitions:
Definition of 'Released'
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]
Synonyms of 'released'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- abjured,
- afoot and lighthearted,
- asleep,
- asleep in Jesus,
- at large,
- at liberty,
- at rest,
- bereft of life,
- breathless,
- called home,
- carrion,
- ceded,
- chartered,
- clear,
- croaked,
- dead,
- dead and gone,
- death-struck,
- deceased,
- defunct,
- delivered,
- demised,
- departed,
- departed this life,
- destitute of life,
- detached,
- disengaged,
- dispensed with,
- disposed of,
- done for,
- easygoing,
- emancipated,
- exanimate,
- excepted,
- excused,
- exempt,
- exempted,
- extricated,
- fallen,
- favored,
- finished,
- food for worms,
- footloose,
- footloose and fancy-free,
- forgone,
- forsworn,
- free,
- free and easy,
- free as air,
- freeborn,
- freed,
- go-as-you-please,
- gone,
- gone to glory,
- gone west,
- immune,
- in the clear,
- inanimate,
- irresponsible,
- late,
- late lamented,
- launched into eternity,
- let off,
- liberated,
- licensed,
- lifeless,
- loose,
- martyred,
- no more,
- on parole,
- on the loose,
- passed on,
- permitted,
- privileged,
- pushing up daisies,
- recanted,
- redeemed,
- relinquished,
- renounced,
- reposing,
- rescued,
- resting easy,
- retracted,
- sacrificed,
- sainted,
- scot-free,
- sleeping,
- smitten with death,
- spared,
- still,
- stillborn,
- surrendered,
- taken away,
- taken off,
- unaccountable,
- unanswerable,
- unattached,
- unbound,
- uncommitted,
- unengaged,
- uninvolved,
- unliable,
- unshackled,
- unsubject,
- untied,
- waived,
- with the Lord,
- with the saints,
- without life,
- without vital functions,
- yielded
Words containing 'Released'
- Out of release,
- Releasable,
- Release,
- 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