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Release   /rilˈis/   Listen
noun
Release  n.  
1.
The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage. "Who boast'st release from hell."
2.
Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
3.
Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
4.
(Law) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
5.
(Steam Engine) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
6.
(Mach.) A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required; specif.: (Elec.) 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; also, the catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, which acts in case of an overload.
7.
(Phon.) The act or manner of ending a sound.
8.
(Railroads) In the block-signaling system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
Lease and release. (Law) See under Lease.
Out of release, without cessation. (Obs.)
Synonyms: Liberation; freedom; discharge. See Death.


verb
Release  v. t.  To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.


Release  v. t.  (past & past part. released; pres. part. releasing)  
1.
To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go. "Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired."
2.
To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
3.
(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.
4.
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance. (Obs.) "A sacred vow that none should aye release."
Synonyms: To free; liberate; loose; discharge; disengage; extricate; let go; quit; acquit.





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"Release" Quotes from Famous Books



... the man, and whining softly, he was scanning the faces of his two deities with troubled eagerness. Evidently, he considered that Lady had been locked in by mistake; and he was pleading for her release. As these humans did not seem to catch the idea his eyes and expression conveyed, he trotted a few steps toward the tool-house and then paused to look invitingly ...
— Further Adventures of Lad • Albert Payson Terhune
... her hand, moving to them and looking at them quizzically—indignantly to DEVENISH). I say, you know, that's not fair. It's all very well to take your defeat like a man, but you mustn't overdo it. (They release their hands.) Mrs. Tremayne, I claim the ...
— Belinda • A. A. Milne
... life these men are true. And shouldst thou find them otherwise, O king, Then let them perish both, and cast me forth, That on some rock-girt island's dreary shore I may atone my folly. Are they true, And is this man indeed my dear Orestes, My brother, long implor'd,—release us both, And o'er us stretch the kind protecting arm, Which long hath shelter'd me. My noble sire Fell through his consort's guilt,—she by her son; On him alone the hope of Atreus' race Doth now repose. Oh, with pure heart and hands Let me ...
— Iphigenia in Tauris • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
... received in one kind only. This confession they also wish to extort from us. Eckius says he contends for this point, merely because the people cannot be retained in the discharge of duty, unless we also release their consciences in regard to the sacrament (that is, unless the reformers would admit, that its reception in one kind was also allowable). We therefore desire to know your judgment on the case. As to the application of masses, ...
— American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics • Samuel Simon Schmucker
... to speak of the day of release. For him that would soon come. He knew that every word must cut his comrade to the heart, for poor Wolf had still to endure long years of martyrdom in prison; but he could not help it. He could not ...
— 'Jena' or 'Sedan'? • Franz Beyerlein


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