Definition of release

"release" in the noun sense

1. release

merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film

"a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"

2. liberation, release, freeing

the act of liberating someone or something

3. release

a process that liberates or discharges something

"there was a sudden release of oxygen"

"the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"

4. handout, press release, release

an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

5. dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

6. passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release

euphemistic expressions for death

"thousands mourned his passing"

7. acquittance, release

a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation

8. release, button

a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

9. release, outlet, vent

activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

"she had no other outlet for her feelings"

"he gave vent to his anger"

10. spill, spillage, release

the act of allowing a fluid to escape

11. release, waiver, discharge

a formal written statement of relinquishment

12. release, tone ending

music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone

"release" in the verb sense

1. let go of, let go, release, relinquish

release, as from one's grip

"Let go of the door handle, please!"

"relinquish your grip on the rope

2. free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose

grant freedom to free from confinement

3. turn, release

let (something) fall or spill from a container

"turn the flour onto a plate"

4. publish, bring out, put out, issue, release

prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

"publish a magazine or newspaper"

5. exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release

eliminate (a substance

"combustion products are exhausted in the engine"

"the plant releases a gas"

6. secrete, release

generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

"secrete digestive juices"

"release a hormone into the blood stream"

7. free, release

make (information) available for publication

"release the list with the names of the prisoners"

8. release, relinquish, resign, free, give up

part with a possession or right

"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"

"resign a claim to the throne"

9. release, free, liberate

release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

10. unblock, unfreeze, free, release

make (assets) available

"release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

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Quotations for release

Death is a release from and an end of all pains. [ Seneca ]

The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor roan's wealth, the prisoner's release. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

Truth lies at the bottom of a well, the depth of which, alas! gives but little hope of release. [ Democritus ]

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console. [ Colton ]

When you take the wires of the cage apart, you do not hurt the bird, but help it. You let it out of its prison. How do you know that death does not help me when it takes the wires of my cage down? - that it does not release me, and put me into some better place, and better condition of life? [ Bishop Randolph S. Foster ]

release in Scrabble®

The word release is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters release:

RELEASE
(78 = 28 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word release

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In release

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release in Words With Friends™

The word release is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters release:

RELEASE
(77 = 42 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

release

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word release

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In release

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Words containing the sequence release

Words that start with release (7 words)

Word Growth involving release

Shorter words in release

el

as ease lease

as leas lease

lea leas lease

re

Longer words containing release

nonrelease

prelease preleased

prelease preleases

released preleased

released rereleased prereleased

released unreleased

releasee releasees

releaser releasers

releases preleases

releases rereleases prereleases

rerelease prerelease prereleased

rerelease prerelease prereleases

rerelease rereleased prereleased

rerelease rereleases prereleases

slowrelease

unrelease unreleased