Release

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I. verb (released; releasing)

Etymology: Middle English relesen, from Anglo-French relesser, from Latin relaxare to relax
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
- 1. to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude <release hostages><release pent-up emotions><release the brakes>; also to let go ; dismiss <released from her job>
- 2. to relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses <was released from her promise>
- 3. to give up in favor of another ; relinquish <release a claim to property>
- 4. to give permission for publication, performance, exhibition, or sale of; also to make available to the public <the commission released its findings><release a new movie>
intransitive verb
- to move from one's normal position (as in football or basketball) in order to assume another position or to perform a second assignment
Synonyms: see free
? releasable adjective

II. noun

Etymology: Middle English reles, from Anglo-French, from relesser
Date: 14th century
1. relief or deliverance from sorrow, suffering, or trouble
2.
- a. discharge from obligation or responsibility
- b.
  - (1) relinquishment of a right or claim
  - (2) an act by which a legal right is discharged; specifically a conveyance of a right in lands or tenements to another having an estate in possession
3.
- a. the act or an instance of liberating or freeing (as from restraint)
- b. the act or manner of concluding a musical tone or phrase
- c. the act or manner of ending a sound ; the movement of one or more vocal organs in quitting the position for a speech sound
- d. the action or manner of throwing a ball <has a quick release>
4. an instrument effecting a legal release
5. the state of being freed
6. a device adapted to hold or release a mechanism as required
7.
- a. the act of permitting performance or publication; also performance, publication <became a best seller on its release>
- b. the matter released; especially a statement prepared for the press