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| 1. | [ verb ] release, as from one's grip | |
| Synonyms: | let_go let_go_of relinquish | |
| Examples: | "Let go of the door handle, please!" "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" |
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| Related terms: | hold disengage bring_out unleash unleash unclasp unleash trigger unhand pop toggle discharge relinquishment | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (business) merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film) | |
| Examples: | "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra" |
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| Related terms: | merchandise free | |
| 3. | [ verb ] grant freedom to; free from confinement | |
| Synonyms: | free loose liberate unloosen unloose | |
| Related terms: | confine unchain unspell parole bail run bail_out liberation free | |
| 4. | [ verb ] let (something) fall or spill a container | |
| Synonyms: | turn | |
| Examples: | "turn the flour onto a plate" |
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| Related terms: | transmit throw deflate | |
| 5. | [ verb ] let (something) fall or spill a container | |
| Synonyms: | turn | |
| Examples: | "turn the flour onto a plate" |
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| Related terms: | transmit deflate throw spill | |
| 6. | [ noun ] the act of liberating someone or something | |
| Synonyms: | liberation freeing | |
| Related terms: | accomplishment rescue manumission clearing relief deregulation jail_delivery emancipation probation parole unsnarling free free liberate | |
| 7. | [ verb ] generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids | |
| Synonyms: | secrete | |
| Examples: | "secrete digestive juices" "release a hormone into the blood stream" |
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| Related terms: | exude water | |
| 8. | [ verb ] eliminate, as of bodily substances | |
| Synonyms: | discharge eject expel | |
| Related terms: | shed_blood blow emit excrete spew ovulate abort expectorate fester evacuate ejaculate expulsion discharge | |
| 9. | [ verb ] (news) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale | |
| Synonyms: | issue publish bring_out put_out | |
| Examples: | "publish a magazine or newspaper" |
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| Related terms: | publicize edit publication issue publisher publisher publication issuer publisher | |
| 10. | [ noun ] an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation | |
| Synonyms: | press_release handout | |
| Related terms: | announcement | |
| 11. | [ noun ] a process that liberates or discharges something | |
| Examples: | "there was a sudden release of oxygen" "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland" |
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| Related terms: | natural_process emission secrete | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (work) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | |
| Synonyms: | discharge firing liberation sack sacking dismission dismissal | |
| Related terms: | termination deactivation conge dishonorable_discharge Section_Eight superannuation removal fire free | |
| 13. | [ verb ] make (information) available publication | |
| Synonyms: | free | |
| Examples: | "release the list with the names of the prisoners" |
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| Related terms: | issue declassify | |
| 14. | [ noun ] euphemistic expressions for death | |
| Synonyms: | loss passing exit expiration going departure | |
| Examples: | "thousands mourned his passing" |
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| Related terms: | death die go depart depart | |
| 15. | [ verb ] part with a possession or right | |
| Synonyms: | relinquish give_up resign free | |
| Examples: | "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest" "resign a claim to the throne" |
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| Related terms: | pass sacrifice derequisition relinquishment acquittance | |
| 16. | [ noun ] (law,writing) a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation | |
| Synonyms: | acquittance | |
| Related terms: | legal_document law | |
| 17. | [ noun ] the act of allowing a fluid to escape | |
| Synonyms: | spillage spill | |
| Related terms: | flow turn spill spill | |
| 18. | [ noun ] activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion | |
| Synonyms: | vent outlet | |
| Examples: | "she had no other outlet for her feelings" "he gave vent to his anger" |
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| Related terms: | activity vent | |
| 19. | [ verb ] make (assets) available | |
| Synonyms: | unfreeze free unblock | |
| Examples: | "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" |
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| Related terms: | freeze freeze issue | |
| 20. | [ noun ] a formal written statement of relinquishment | |
| Synonyms: | discharge waiver | |
| Related terms: | relinquishment exemption discharge | |
| 21. | [ noun ] (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone | |
| Synonyms: | tone_ending | |
| Related terms: | termination plosion music | |
| Similar spelling: |
realise Reels realize |
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