Definitions For Release

noun

• The act of liberating someone or something
• (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
• A formal written statement of relinquishment
• The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
• The act of allowing a fluid to escape
• Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
• Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
• A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
• A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
• An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
• Euphemistic expressions for death
• A process that liberates or discharges something

verb

• Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
• Eliminate (a substance)
• Make (assets) available
• Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
• Let (something) fall or spill from a container
• Release, as from one's grip
• Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
• Part with a possession or right
• Grant freedom to; free from confinement
• Make (information) available for publication
• To allow (a person or animal) to leave a jail, cage, prison, etc. : to set (someone or something) free
• To stop holding (someone or something)
• To allow (a substance) to enter the air, water, soil, etc.