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RELEASE

Definition:

1. [noun] merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
   
   
2. [noun] the act of liberating someone or something
   Synonyms: liberation, freeing
   
   
3. [noun] a process that liberates or discharges something; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
   
   
4. [noun] an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
   Synonyms: handout, press
   
   
5. [noun] the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
   Synonyms: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, sack, sacking
   
   
6. [noun] euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
   Synonyms: passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going
   
   
7. [noun] a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
   Synonyms: acquittance
   
   
8. [noun] activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"
   Synonyms: outlet, vent
   
   
9. [noun] the act of allowing a fluid to escape
   Synonyms: spill, spillage
   
   
10. [noun] a formal written statement of relinquishment
    Synonyms: waiver, discharge
    
    
11. [noun] (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
    Synonyms: tone ending
    
    
12. [verb] release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope
    Synonyms: let go of, let go, relinquish
    
    
13. [verb] grant freedom to; free from confinement
    Synonyms: free, liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose
    
    
14. [verb] let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"
    Synonyms: turn
    
    
15. [verb] eliminate (substances) from the body
    Synonyms: discharge, expel, eject
    
    
16. [verb] prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"
    Synonyms: publish, bring out, put out, issue
    
    
17. [verb] generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
    Synonyms: secrete
    
    
18. [verb] make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
    Synonyms: free
    
    
19. [verb] part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
    Synonyms: relinquish, resign, free, give up
    
    
20. [verb] make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
    Synonyms: unblock, unfreeze, free
    
    

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Related Words:

• discharge, muster out
• unclasp
• pop
• toggle
• unhand
• bring out, let out
• unleash
• unleash, let loose, loose
• unleash
• disengage, withdraw
• unspell
• unchain
• bail
• run
• bail out
• parole
• deflate
• throw
• expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out
• blow
• ejaculate
• abort
• ovulate
• excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
• shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage
• spew, spew out, eruct
• fester, maturate, suppurate
• emit, breathe, pass off
• edit
• water
• declassify
• derequisition
• sacrifice, give
• jail delivery
• deregulation, deregulating
• relief
• unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication
• emancipation
• clearing
• manumission
• parole
• probation
• emission
• superannuation
• conge
• removal
• deactivation, inactivation
• dishonorable discharge
• Section Eight
• exemption, immunity, granting immunity
• plosion, explosion

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