release

The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

Noun

  1. The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
    • Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads. - 2013 May-June, Charles T....
  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).
    • The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases.
  4. That which is released, untied or let go.
    • They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.
  5. The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
  6. Liberation from pain or suffering.

    Synonyms: alleviation relief comfort consolation ease liss release respite solace

  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.

    1. A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit.

    2. The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.

    3. The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken.

  11. Orgasm.
    • She quivered in release.

    Synonyms: climax satisfaction acme big O completion happy ending pleasure release

  12. Discharged semen
    • His hot release pouring into her, filling her and adding to the wettness within her - 1997 January 31, MKara50188, “Repost! Abduction (J/K, mild bondage, M/F sex)”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica (Usenet):

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós Latin laxus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin laxō Vulgar Latin *laxicāre Vulgar Latin *lassicāre Old French laschier Old French relaschier Old French relaisserbor. Middle English relesen English release From Middle English relesen, relessen, from Old French relaisser (variant of relascher).

Forms

releases

Synonyms

quietus

Derived

autorelease bakery release paper balloon release cable release canary release compression release controlled-release cyclorelease cytokine release syndrome day release debt release design release engineer dot release misrelease myofascial release nonrelease photorelease point release policy by press release postrelease pre-release prerelease press release quick release skewer

Verb Entry 2

  1. To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
    • He released his grasp on the lever.
  2. To make available to the public.
    • They released the new product later than intended.
  3. To free or liberate; to set free.
    • He was released after two years in prison.
  4. To discharge.
    • They released thousands of gallons of water into the river each month.
  5. To hang up.
    • If you continue to use abusive language, I will need to release the call.
  6. To let go, quit (a legal claim); to discharge or relinquish a right to (lands or buildings) by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession.
  7. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
    • punishments inflicted and released - [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
  8. To set up; to provide with a goalscoring opportunity.
    • With the Gunners far too lightweight in midfield, Mikel Arteta dropped back into a deeper-lying role. This freed Yossi Benayoun to go further forward, a move that helped forge a rare Arsenal chance on 30 minutes when...
  9. To set free a chemical substance.
  10. To launch; to come out; to become available.
    • when the game releases
    • the new model will release on ...

Forms

releases releasing released

Antonyms

hold

Derived

catch and release corelease corticotropin-releasing hormone gonadotropin-releasing hormone misrelease photorelease releasable releasee releasement releaser release the handbrake release the kraken releasing hormone -relin rerelease thyrotropin-releasing hormone unrelease

Verb Entry 3

  1. To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English lease English release From re- + lease.

Forms

releases releasing released