Definition of RELEASE
2 : to relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses
was released from her promise
3 : to give up in favor of another : relinquish release a claim to property[3]
4 : to give permission for publication, performance, exhibition, or sale of also : to make available to the public the commission released its findings release a new movie
: to move from one’s normal position (as in football or basketball) in order to assume another position or to perform a second assignment
1 : relief or deliverance from sorrow, suffering, or trouble
2a : discharge from obligation or responsibility
b(1) : relinquishment of a right or claim
(2) : an act by which a legal right is discharged specifically : a conveyance of a right in lands or tenements to another having an estate in possession
3a : the act or an instance of liberating or freeing (as from restraint) b : the act or manner of concluding a musical tone or phrase c : the act or manner of ending a sound : the movement of one or more vocal organs in quitting the position for a speech sound
d : the action or manner of throwing a ball
has a quick release
4 : an instrument effecting a legal release
5 : the state of being freed
6 : a device adapted to hold or release a mechanism as required
7a : the act of permitting performance or publication also : performance[5], publication[6] became a best seller on its release
re-leased; re-leasing; re-leases
References
- ^ transitive verb (www.merriam-webster.com)
- ^ dismiss (www.merriam-webster.com)
- ^ relinquish (www.merriam-webster.com)
- ^ intransitive verb (www.merriam-webster.com)
- ^ performance (www.merriam-webster.com)
- ^ publication (www.merriam-webster.com)
- ^ released (www.merriam-webster.com)