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Meaning
Noun
●
The
event
of
setting
(someone
or something
)
free
(e.g.
hostages
,
slaves
,
prisoners
,
caged
animals
,
hooked
or
stuck
mechanisms).
●
In Software:
The
distribution
, either public or
private
, of an
initial
or new and
upgraded
version
of a
computer
software
product.
●
Anything
recently
released
or made available (
as for
sale).
●
That which is
released
,
untied
or let go.
●
In Law:
The
giving up
of a
claim
, especially a debt.
●
Liberation from
pain
or suffering.
●
In Biochemistry:
The process by which a
chemical substance
is set free.
●
In Phonetics:
The
act
or
manner
of
ending
a sound.
●
In the
block system
, a
printed
card
conveying
information and
instructions
to be used at
intermediate
sidings
without
telegraphic
stations.
●
A
device
adapted
to
hold
or
release
a
device
or
mechanism
as required.
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.
The
catch on
an
electromagnetic
circuit breaker
for a
motor
,
triggered
in the event of
an overload.
The
lever
or
button
on a
camera
that
opens
the
shutter
to
allow
a
photograph
to be taken.
●
Orgasm.
●
Discharged semen
●
In Music:
A
kind of
bridge
used in
jazz
music.
Verb
●
To
let go
(of); to
cease
to
hold
or contain.
●
To make available to the public.
●
To
free
or
liberate
; to set
free
.
●
To discharge.
●
In Telephony:
(of a
call
) To
hang
up.
●
In Law:
To
let go
, as a
legal
claim
; to
discharge
or
relinquish
a right to, as
lands
or
tenements
, by
conveying
to another who has some right or
estate
in
possession
, as when the person in
remainder
releases
his right to the
tenant
in
possession
; to quit.
●
To
loosen
; to
relax
; to
remove
the
obligation
of.
●
In Football (soccer):
To
set up
; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity
●
In Biochemistry:
To
set free
a
chemical
substance.
●
to
come out
; be out.
●
To
lease
again; to
grant
a new
lease
of;
to let
back.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
release
English
relaisser
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Unloose
Freed
Liberate
Absolve
Loose
Freeing
Emit
Free
Rescue
Hang Up
Antonyms
Hold
Contain
Grasp
Capture
Catch
Curb
Shut Up
Related
Launch
Update
Discharge
Leak
Transfer
Publish
Download
Announce
Reveal
Announcement
Remove
Reprint
Produce
Purchase
Deliver
Send
Unveil
Secretion
Delivery
Unveiling
Activate
Distribute
Version
Supply
Removal
Generate
Absorb
Activation
Convert
Return
Capture
Withdrawal
Receive
Relaunch
Obtain
Production
Contain
Submit
Dissolution
Enter
Introduce
Inject
Debut
Recovery
Transmit
Entry
Create
Arrival
Injection
Response
Retain
Issue
Publication
Patch
Transport
Replace
Review
Process
Collect
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Rhymes
Ys
Dece
Fils
Niece
Peace
Piece
Anise
Reese
Lease
Iblis
Geese
Meese
Cease
Apiece
Police
Greece
Grease
Sweese
Crease
Fleece
Release
Decease
Cabeese
Increase
Surcease
Decrease
Maskwacis
Predecease
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