Definitions for the word "release" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v.
(-sing) 1 (often foll. By from) set free; liberate, unfasten. 2 allow to move from a fixed position. 3 a make (information, a recording, etc.) Publicly available. B issue (a film etc.) For general exhibition. n. 1 liberation from a restriction, duty, or difficulty. 2 handle or catch that releases part of a mechanism. 3 news item etc. Made available for publication (press release). 4 a film or record etc. That is released. B releasing or being released in this way. [french relesser from latin relaxo *relax]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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