Synonyms:
release
Meaning: merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
Synonyms:
liberation, release, freeing
Meaning: the act of liberating someone or something
Synonyms:
release
Meaning: a process that liberates or discharges something; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
Synonyms:
handout, press_release, release
Meaning: an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
Synonyms:
dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
Meaning: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Synonyms:
passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
Meaning: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
let_go_of, let_go, release, relinquish
Meaning: release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
Synonyms:
free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
Meaning: grant freedom to; free from confinement
Synonyms:
turn, release
Meaning: let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"
Synonyms:
publish, bring_out, put_out, issue, release
Meaning: prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"
Synonyms:
exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
Meaning: eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
Synonyms:
secrete, release
Meaning: generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
Synonyms:
free, release
Meaning: make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
Usage examples
But she could not release herself.
They had helped to release the rope, and of course not.
The adventures of Blackwell after his release are well known.
Well, you shall share the same fate till I think fit to release you.
"I wish I could go with you and be your clerk," she cried, unwilling to release his hand.
Will you pledge me your honour, if I release you upon parole, that you will navigate us thither?
She thought of her brothers, and their release made her so joyful that she kissed the King's hand.
It was the instrument of universal death--the uranium release of untold forces of cataclysmic depredation.
She became much affected by it, and cried out, "Please release me a little; I have something to tell the Prince."
He went, and Robert was at last able to remove his coat, mop his perspiring brow, and release the crushed and dishevelled Phoenix.