release

Meaning

1. The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
2. The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
3. Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
4. That which is released, untied or let go.
5. The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
6. Liberation from pain or suffering.
7. The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
8. The act or manner of ending a sound.
9. In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
10. A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
11. A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
12. A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
13. Orgasm.
14. Discharged semen
15. A kind of bridge used in jazz music.

let go of

allow to go

let escape

tone ending

set at liberty

make public

set loose

make loose

allow to escape

make free

yield

free oneself

get free

give free rein to

give permission

granting immunity

let drop

let pass

stopping point

offering for sale

give rest to

loosen the grip

getting rid

jail delivery

trip wire

escapement device

release prisoner

liberate relieve exempt

be on the air

disentanglement

elucidate

enhance

first showing

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹəˈliːs/

From Middle English relesen, relessen, from Old French relaisser (variant of relascher).

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