release

Plural: releases

Noun

• merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
  • "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
• the act of liberating someone or something
• a process that liberates or discharges something
  • "there was a sudden release of oxygen"
  • "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
• an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
• euphemistic expressions for death
• a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
• a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
• the act of allowing a fluid to escape
• a formal written statement of relinquishment
• (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
• The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
• The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
• Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
• That which is released, untied or let go.
• The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
• Liberation from pain or suffering.
• The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
• The act or manner of ending a sound.
• In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
• A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
• 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.
• A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
• The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
• A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
• The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken.
• Orgasm.
• Discharged semen
• A kind of bridge used in jazz music.

Verb

Verb Forms: released, releasing, releases

• To set free, let go, or make available.
• release, as from one's grip
• grant freedom to; free from confinement
• let (something) fall or spill from a container
• prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
• eliminate (a substance)
  • "the plant releases a gas"
• generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
  • "release a hormone into the blood stream"
• make (information) available for publication
  • "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
• part with a possession or right
• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
• make (assets) available
  • "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
• To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
• To make available to the public.
• To free or liberate; to set free.
• To discharge.
• (of a call) To hang up.
• To let go, quit (a legal claim); to discharge or relinquish a right to (lands or buildings) by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession.
• To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
• To set up; to provide with a goalscoring opportunity.
• To set free a chemical substance.
• To launch; to come out; to become available.
• To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

Examples

• He released his grasp on the lever.
• He was released after two years in prison.
• If you continue to use abusive language, I will need to release the call.
• She decided to RELEASE her grip on the triple word score, settling for a safer play.
• She quivered in release.
• the new model will release on ...
• The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases.
• They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.
• They released the new product later than intended.
• They released thousands of gallons of water into the river each month.
• when the game releases

Synonyms

acquittance, bring out, button, departure, discharge, dismissal, dismission, eject, exhaust, exit, expel, expiration, firing, free, freeing, give up, going, handout, issue, let go, let go of, liberate, liberation, loose, loss, outlet, passing, press release, publish, put out, relinquish, resign, sack, sacking, secrete, spill, spillage, tone ending, turn, unblock, unfreeze, unloose, unloosen, vent, waiver, acme, alleviation, big O, climax, comfort, consolation, ease, happy ending, liss, pleasure, quietus, release, relief, respite, satisfaction, solace

Antonyms

block, confine, freeze, hold

Anagrams of release