Definition of releases Releases
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| release - a formal written statement of relinquishment | ||
| waiver, discharge | ||
| relinquishing, relinquishment the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. | ||
| release - a process that liberates or discharges something; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland" | ||
| natural action, natural process, activity, action a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" | ||
| release - (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone | ||
| tone ending | ||
| ending, termination, conclusion the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| release - merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra" | ||
| merchandise, ware, product commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" | ||
| release - activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger" | ||
| outlet, vent | ||
| activity any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" | ||
| release - a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism | ||
| button | ||
| release - the act of liberating someone or something | ||
| liberation, freeing | ||
| achievement, accomplishment the action of accomplishing something | ||
| jail delivery the use of force to liberate prisoners | ||
| deregulating, deregulation the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | ||
| relief the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged; "he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta" | ||
| disentanglement, extrication, unsnarling, untangling the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | ||
| emancipation freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child | ||
| clearing the act of removing solid particles from a liquid | ||
| manumission the formal act of freeing from slavery; "he believed in the manumission of the slaves" | ||
| parole (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with | ||
| release - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | ||
| dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, sack, sacking | ||
| ending, termination, conclusion the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" | ||
| superannuation the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension) | ||
| conge, congee an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal | ||
| removal dismissal from office | ||
| deactivation, inactivation the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | ||
| honorable discharge a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record | ||
| dishonorable discharge a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder) | ||
| release - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" | ||
| passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going | ||
| decease, expiry, death the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience" | ||
| euphemism an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh | ||
| release - the act of allowing a fluid to escape | ||
| spill, spillage | ||
| stream, flow dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history" | ||
| release - a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation | ||
| acquittance | ||
| legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| release - an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation | ||
| handout, press release | ||
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| release - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" | ||
| relinquish, resign, free, give up | ||
| hand, pass on, reach, turn over, pass, give guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi" | ||
| derequisition release from government control | ||
| sacrifice, give kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment" | ||
| release - release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition | ||
| free, liberate | ||
| bring forth, generate bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" | ||
| chemical science, chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | ||
| release - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" | ||
| exhaust, discharge, expel, eject | ||
| cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out give reluctantly; "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition" | ||
| blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" | ||
| ejaculate eject semen | ||
| abort terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion | ||
| ovulate produce and discharge eggs; "women ovulate about once every month" | ||
| egest, excrete, eliminate, pass eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" | ||
| hemorrhage, shed blood, bleed lose blood from one's body | ||
| spew out, eruct, spew eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate" | ||
| fester, suppurate, maturate ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering" | ||
| emit, pass off, breathe expel (gases or odors) | ||
| release - prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper" | ||
| publish, bring out, put out, issue | ||
| publicise, publicize, bare, air make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" | ||
| edit prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages" | ||
| release - grant freedom to; free from confinement | ||
| free, liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose | ||
| detain, confine prevent from leaving or from being removed | ||
| unspell release from a spell | ||
| unchain make free | ||
| bail remove (water) from a vessel with a container | ||
| run become undone; "the sweater unraveled" | ||
| bail out remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side | ||
| parole release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison" | ||
| release - release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" | ||
| let go of, let go, relinquish | ||
| take hold, hold assume control | ||
| muster out, discharge release from military service | ||
| unclasp release from a clasp; "She clasped and unclasped her hands" | ||
| pop burst open with a sharp, explosive sound; "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven" | ||
| toggle release by a toggle switch; "toggle a bomb from an airplane" | ||
| unhand remove the hand from | ||
| let out, bring out make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight" | ||
| unleash release or vent; "unleash one's anger" | ||
| let loose, unleash, loose release or vent; "unleash one's anger" | ||
| unleash release or vent; "unleash one's anger" | ||
| disengage, withdraw become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage" | ||
| release - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" | ||
| secrete | ||
| exudate, ooze out, transude, exude, ooze release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores" | ||
| water secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" | ||
| release - let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate" | ||
| turn | ||
| channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad audience" | ||
| deflate become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated" | ||
| throw throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six" | ||
| release - make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" | ||
| free | ||
| supply, issue give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" | ||
| declassify lift the restriction on and make available again; "reclassify the documents" | ||
| release - make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" | ||
| unblock, unfreeze, free | ||
| immobilise, immobilize, freeze, block cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic" | ||
| supply, issue give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- release (Noun)
The event of setting someone or something free. - release (Noun)
The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be both public or private. - release (Noun)
Anything recently released or made available as for sale. - release (Noun)
That which is released, untied or let go. - release (Verb)
To let go of; to cease to hold or contain. - release (Verb)
To make available to the public. - release (Verb)
To free or liberate; to set free. - release (Verb)
To discharge. - release (Verb)
To set up ; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity. - release (Verb)
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- release (v. t.)
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back. - release (n.)
To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go. - release (n.)
To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty. - release (n.)
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. - release (n.)
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance. - release (n.)
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. - release (n.)
Relief from care, pain, or any burden. - release (n.)
Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance. - release (n.)
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. - release (n.)
The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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release
To give freedom; to release from confinement or restraint. -
release
To make publicly available.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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release
rē-lēs′, v.t. to grant a new lease of.—ns. Releasēē′, Relessēē′, the one to whom a release is granted; Releas′or, Reless′or, one who grants a release -
release
rē-lēs′, v.t. to let loose from: to set free: to discharge from: to relieve: to let go, give up a right to.—n. a setting free: discharge or acquittance: the giving up of a claim: liberation from pain.—adj. Releas′able.—ns. Release′ment (Milt.), act of releasing or discharging; Releas′er, -or, Reless′or, one who executes a release. [O. Fr. relaissier—L. laxāre, to relax.]
