Definition of release

noun (n)

• merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film) (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  A new release from the London Symphony Orchestra.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of liberating someone or something (noun.act)

  Synonym: freeing, liberation
  

  source: wordnet30
• a process that liberates or discharges something (noun.process)

  Example:
  There was a sudden release of oxygen.
  The release of iodine from the thyroid gland.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation (noun.communication)

  Synonym: handout, press release
  

  source: wordnet30
• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) (noun.act)

  Synonym: discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, sack, sacking
  

  source: wordnet30
• euphemistic expressions for death (noun.event)

  Synonym: departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing
  

  source: wordnet30
• a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation (noun.communication)

  Synonym: acquittance
  

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• a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: button
  

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• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion (noun.act)

  Synonym: outlet, vent
  

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• the act of allowing a fluid to escape (noun.act)

  Synonym: spill, spillage
  

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• a formal written statement of relinquishment (noun.act)

  Synonym: discharge, waiver
  

  source: wordnet30
• (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone (noun.act)

  Synonym: tone ending
  

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• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required; (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• release, as from one's grip (verb.contact)

  Synonym: let go, let go of, relinquish
  Antonym: hold, take hold
  

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• grant freedom to; free from confinement (verb.social)

  Synonym: free, liberate, loose, unloose, unloosen
  Antonym: confine, detain
  

  source: wordnet30
• let (something) fall or spill from a container (verb.contact)

  Synonym: turn
  

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• prepare and issue for public distribution or sale (verb.communication)

  Synonym: bring out, issue, publish, put out
  

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• eliminate (a substance) (verb.body)

  Synonym: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel
  

  Example:
  The plant releases a gas.
  

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• generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids (verb.body)

  Synonym: secrete
  

  Example:
  Release a hormone into the blood stream.
  

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• make (information) available for publication (verb.social)

  Synonym: free
  

  Example:
  Release the list with the names of the prisoners.
  

  source: wordnet30
• part with a possession or right (verb.possession)

  Synonym: free, give up, relinquish, resign
  

  source: wordnet30
• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition (verb.creation)

  Synonym: free, liberate
  

  source: wordnet30
• make (assets) available (verb.change)

  Synonym: free, unblock, unfreeze
  Antonym: block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize
  

  Example:
  Release the holdings in the dictator's bank account.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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