Definition of Release

Verb: release ri'lees

Stop holding on to; allow to move
"release the door handle, please!";
- let go of, let go, relinquish
Grant freedom to; free from confinement
- free, liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose
Let (something) fall or spill from a container
"release the flour onto a plate";
- turn
Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
"release a magazine or newspaper";
- publish, bring out, put out, issue
Eliminate (a substance)
"the plant releases a gas";
- exhaust, discharge, expel, eject
Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
"release a hormone into the blood stream";
- secrete
Make (information) available for publication
"release the list with the names of the prisoners";
- free
Part with a possession or right
"I am releasing my bedroom to the long-term house guest";
- relinquish, resign, free, give up
(chemistry) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- free, liberate
Make (assets) available
"release the holdings in the dictator's bank account";
- unblock, unfreeze, free

Noun: release ri'lees

Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
"a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
The act of liberating someone or something
- liberation, freeing
A process that liberates or discharges something
"there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
- handout, press release
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, sack, sacking, chuck [Brit], heave-ho, severance
A euphemistic expression for death
"thousands mourned his release";
- passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going
(law) a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
- acquittance
A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
- button
Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
"she had no other release for her feelings";
- outlet, vent
The act of allowing a fluid to escape
- spill, spillage
A formal written statement of relinquishment
- waiver, discharge
(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
- tone ending