release

Meanings

• 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
• 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"

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