release meaning and definition

RELEASE noun

Definition of release (noun)

1. merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
   • "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
2. the act of liberating someone or something
   • synonyms: freeing, liberation
3. a process that liberates or discharges something
   • "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
4. an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
   • synonyms: handout, press release
5. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
   • synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, sack, sacking
6. euphemistic expressions for death
   • "thousands mourned his passing"
   • synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing
7. a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
   • synonyms: acquittance
8. a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
   • synonyms: button
9. activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
   • "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"
   • synonyms: outlet, vent
10. the act of allowing a fluid to escape
    • synonyms: spill, spillage
11. a formal written statement of relinquishment
    • synonyms: discharge, waiver
12. (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
    • synonyms: tone ending

RELEASE verb

Definition of release (verb)

1. release, as from one's grip
   • "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
   • synonyms: let go, let go of, relinquish
   • antonym: hold
2. grant freedom to; free from confinement
   • synonyms: free, liberate, loose, unloose, unloosen
   • antonym: confine
3. let (something) fall or spill from a container
   • "turn the flour onto a plate"
   • synonyms: turn
4. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
   • "publish a magazine or newspaper"
   • synonyms: bring out, issue, publish, put out
5. eliminate (a substance)
   • "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
   • synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel
6. generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
   • "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
   • synonyms: secrete
7. make (information) available for publication
   • "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
   • synonyms: free
8. part with a possession or right
   • "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
   • synonyms: free, give up, relinquish, resign
9. release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
   • synonyms: free, liberate
10. make (assets) available
    • "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
    • synonyms: free, unblock, unfreeze
    • antonym: block