release
verb
[ rɪˈliːs ]
• allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free.
Similar:
free,
set free,
let go,
allow to leave,
set/let/turn loose,
let out,
liberate,
set at liberty,
deliver,
rescue,
ransom,
emancipate,
manumit,
untie,
undo,
loose,
unhand,
unloose,
unbind,
unchain,
unleash,
unfetter,
unclasp,
unshackle,
unmanacle,
extricate,
unhitch,
unbridle,
detach,
unclick,
disentangle,
• allow (something) to move, act, or flow freely.
• "she released his arm and pushed him aside"
• allow (information) to be generally available.
• "no details about the talks were released"
Similar:
make public,
make known,
issue,
break,
announce,
declare,
report,
post,
reveal,
divulge,
disclose,
publish,
publicize,
print,
broadcast,
air,
transmit,
put out,
circulate,
communicate,
impart,
disseminate,
distribute,
spread,
propagate,
purvey,
• remit or discharge (a debt).
• "the amounts which later become due are consequent on the debt that is being released"
Similar:
let off,
excuse,
exempt,
discharge,
deliver,
clear,
exculpate,
absolve,
acquit,
exonerate,
Opposite:
hold someone to,
release
noun
• the action or process of releasing or being released.
• "a campaign by the prisoner's mother resulted in his release"
• the action of making a film, recording, or other product available to the public.
• "the movie will be on release from Christmas"
• the action of releasing property, money, or a right to another.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French reles (noun), relesser (verb), from Latin relaxare ‘stretch out again, slacken’ (see relax).
