release

Definitions of release in various dictionaries:

noun - merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)

noun - the act of liberating someone or something

noun - a process that liberates or discharges something

noun - an an noun cement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

noun - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

noun - euphemistic expressions for death

noun - a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation

noun - a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

noun - activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

noun - the act of allowing a fluid to escape

noun - a formal written statement of relinquishment

noun - (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone

verb - release, as from one's grip

verb - grant freedom to

verb - let (something) fall or spill from a container

verb - prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

verb - eliminate (a substance)

verb - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

verb - make (information) available for publication

verb - part with a possession or right

verb - release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

verb - make (assets) available

To set free from confinement, restraint, or bondage: released the prisoners.

To free from something that binds, fastens, or holds back; let go: released the balloons; released a flood of questions.

To dismiss, as from a job.

To relieve of debt or obligation.

To relieve of care and suffering.

To issue for performance, sale, publication, or distribution.

To make known or available.

To relinquish (a right or claim).

A deliverance or liberation, as from confinement, restraint, or suffering.

An authoritative discharge, as from an obligation or from prison.

An unfastening or letting go of something caught or held fast.

A device or catch for locking or releasing a mechanism.

The act or an instance of issuing something for publication, use, or distribution.

Something thus released: a press release.

Law.

Relinquishment to another of a right, title, or claim.

The document authorizing such relinquishment.

verb - to set free