release
noun
1 release
Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film).
Roget 760:
permission,
leave;
allowance,
sufferance;
tolerance,
toleration;
liberty,
law,
license,
concession,
grace;
indulgence
etc.
(lenity)
740;
favor,
dispensation,
exemption,
release;
connivance;
vouchsafement†.
authorization,
warranty,
accordance,
admission.
permit,
warrant,
brevet,
precept,
sanction,
authority,
firman;
hukm†;
pass,
passport;
furlough,
license,
carte blanche [Fr.],
ticket of leave;
grant,
charter;
patent,
letters patent.
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Roget 777a:
exemption;
absence
etc.
187;
exception,
immunity,
privilege,
release.
Roget 918:
forgiveness,
pardon,
condonation,
grace,
remission,
absolution,
amnesty,
oblivion;
indulgence;
reprieve.
conciliation;
reconcilement;
reconciliation
etc.
(pacification)
723;
propitiation.
excuse,
exoneration,
quittance,
release,
indemnity;
bill of indemnity,
act of indemnity,
covenant of indemnity,
deed of indemnity;
exculpation
etc.
(acquittal)
970.
longanimity†,
placability;
amantium irae [Lat.];
locus paenitentiae [Lat.];
forbearance.
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Roget 790:
restitution,
return;
rendition,
reddition†;
restoration;
reinvestment,
recuperation;
rehabilitation
etc.
(reconstruction)
660;
reparation,
atonement;
compensation,
indemnification.
release,
replevin [Law],
redemption;
recovery
etc.
(getting back)
775;
remitter,
reversion.
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2 release
The act of liberating someone or something.
synonyms: freeing, liberation.
Dutch: bevrijding, verlossing, vrijlating
3 release
A process that liberates or discharges something.
4 release
An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation.
synonyms: handout, press release.
Dutch: persmededeling
5 release
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).
synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, sack, sacking.
Roget 927a:
exemption,
freedom,
irresponsibility,
immunity,
liberty,
license,
release,
exoneration,
excuse,
dispensation,
absolution,
franchise,
renunciation,
discharge;
exculpation
etc.
970.
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Roget 807:
payment,
defrayment†;
discharge;
acquittance,
quittance;
settlement,
clearance,
liquidation,
satisfaction,
reckoning,
arrangement.
acknowledgment,
release;
receipt,
receipt in full,
receipt in full of all demands;
voucher.
salary,
compensation,
remuneration
(reward)
973.
repayment,
reimbursement,
retribution;
pay
etc.
(reward)
973;
money paid
etc.
(expenditure)
809.
ready money
etc.
(cash)
800;
stake,
remittance,
installment.
payer,
liquidator
etc.
801.
pay cash,
pay cash on the barrelhead.
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Roget 771:
security;
guaranty,
guarantee;
gage,
warranty,
bond,
tie,
pledge,
plight,
mortgage,
collateral,
debenture,
hypothecation,
bill of sale,
lien,
pawn,
pignoration†;
real security;
vadium†.
stake,
deposit,
earnest,
handsel,
caution.
promissory note;
bill,
bill of exchange;
I. O.U.;
personal security,
covenant,
specialty;
parole
etc.
(promise)
768.
acceptance,
indorsement†,
signature,
execution,
stamp,
seal.
sponsor,
cosponsor,
sponsion†,
sponsorship;
surety,
bail;
mainpernor†,
hostage;
godchild,
godfather,
godmother.
recognizance;
deed of indemnity,
covenant of indemnity.
authentication,
verification,
warrant,
certificate,
voucher,
docket,
doquet†;
record
etc.
551;
probate,
attested copy.
receipt;
acquittance,
quittance;
discharge,
release.
muniment†,
title deed,
instrument;
deed,
deed poll;
assurance,
indenture;
charter
etc.
(compact)
769;
charter poll;
paper,
parchment,
settlement,
will,
testament,
last will and testament,
codicil.
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Roget 750:
liberation,
disengagement,
release,
enlargement,
emancipation;
disenthrallment†,
disenthralment†;
affranchisement†,
enfranchisement;
manumission;
discharge,
dismissal.
deliverance
etc.
672;
redemption,
extrication,
acquittance,
absolution;
acquittal
etc.
970;
escape
etc.
671.
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Roget 284:
propulsion,
projection;
propelment†;
vis a tergo [Lat.],
force from behind;
push,
shove
etc.
(impulse)
276;
ejaculate;
ejection
etc.
297;
throw,
fling,
toss,
shot,
discharge,
shy;
launch,
release.
[Science of propulsion]
projectiles,
ballistics,
archery.
[devices to give propulsion]
propeller,
screw,
twin screws,
turbine,
jet engine.
[objects propelled]
missile,
projectile,
ball,
discus,
quoit,
brickbat,
shot;
[weapons which propel]
arrow,
gun,
ballista
etc.
(arms)
727†.
[preparation for propulsion]
countdown,
windup.
shooter;
shot;
archer,
toxophilite†;
bowman,
rifleman,
marksman;
good shot,
crack shot;
sharpshooter
etc.
(combatant)
726.
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Dutch: ontslag, uitstoot
Polish: zwalnianie, odprawianie
6 release
Euphemistic expressions for death.
synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing.
Roget 360:
death;
decease,
demise;
dissolution,
departure,
obit,
release,
rest,
quietus,
fall;
loss,
bereavement;
mortality,
morbidity.
end of life
etc.
67,
cessation of life
etc.
142,
loss of life,
extinction of life,
ebb of life
etc.
359.
death warrant,
death watch,
death rattle,
death bed;
stroke of death,
agonies of death,
shades of death,
valley of death,
jaws of death,
hand of death;
last breath,
last gasp,
last agonies;
dying day,
dying breath,
dying agonies;
chant du cygne [Fr.];
rigor mortis [Lat.];
Stygian shore.
King of terrors,
King Death;
Death;
doom
etc.
(necessity)
601;
Hell's grim Tyrant"
[Pope].
euthanasia;
break up of the system;
natural death,
natural decay;
sudden death,
violent death;
untimely end,
watery grave;
debt of nature;
suffocation,
asphyxia;
fatal disease
etc.
(disease)
655;
death blow
etc.
(killing)
361.
necrology,
bills of mortality,
obituary;
death song
etc.
(lamentation)
839.
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7 release
A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation.
synonym: acquittance.
Polish: wyrok uniewinniający
8 release
A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism.
synonym: button.
Dutch: badge, toets, knop
Polish: zwalniacz
9 release
Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion.
synonyms: outlet, vent.
Dutch: uitlaat, uitlaatklep
10 release
The act of allowing a fluid to escape.
synonyms: spill, spillage.
Polish: rozlanie się
11 release
A formal written statement of relinquishment.
synonyms: discharge, waiver.
Dutch: verwerping, verklaring van afstand, vrijstelling
12 release
music The act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone.
synonym: tone ending.
Roget 768a:
release
etc.
(liberation)
750.
verb
1 release
Release, as from one's grip.
synonyms: let go, let go of, relinquish.
Roget 760:
permit;
give permission
etc.
n.,
give power;
let,
allow,
admit;
suffer,
bear with,
tolerate,
recognize;
concede
etc.
762;
accord,
vouchsafe,
favor,
humor,
gratify,
indulge,
stretch a point;
wink at,
connive at;
shut one's eyes to.
grant,
empower,
charter,
enfranchise,
privilege,
confer a privilege,
license,
authorize,
warrant;
sanction;
intrust
etc.
(commission)
755.
give carte blanche [Fr.],
give the reins to,
give scope to
etc.
(freedom)
748;
leave alone,
leave it to one,
leave the door open;
open the door to,
open the flood gates;
give a loose to.
let off;
absolve
etc.
(acquit)
970;
release,
exonerate,
dispense with.
ask permission,
beg permission,
request permission,
ask leave,
beg leave,
request leave.
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Dutch: loslaten, lossen
2 release
Grant freedom to; free from confinement.
synonyms: free, liberate, loose, unloose, unloosen.
Roget 970:
acquit,
exculpate,
exonerate,
clear;
absolve,
whitewash,
assoil†;
discharge,
release;
liberate
etc.
750.
reprieve,
respite;
pardon
etc.
(forgive)
918;
let off,
let off scot-free.
drop the charges.
plea bargain,
strike a deal.
no-cause
(in civil suits);
get no-caused
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Roget 927a:
be exempt
etc.
adj..
exempt,
release,
acquit,
discharge,
quitclaim,
remise,
remit;
free,
set at liberty,
let off,
pass over,
spare,
excuse,
dispense with,
give dispensation,
license;
stretch a point;
absolve
etc.
(forgive)
918;
exonerate
etc.
(exculpate)
970;
save the necessity.
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Roget 750:
liberate,
free;
set free,
set clear,
set at liberty;
render free,
emancipate,
release;
enfranchise,
affranchise†;
manumit;
enlarge;
disband,
discharge,
disenthrall,
disenthral,
dismiss;
let go,
let loose,
loose,
let out,
let slip;
cast adrift,
turn adrift;
deliver
etc.
672;
absolve
etc.
(acquit)
970.
unfetter
etc.
751,
untie
etc.
43;
loose
etc.
(disjoin)
44;
loosen,
relax;
unbolt,
unbar,
unclose,
uncork,
unclog,
unhand,
unbind,
unchain,
unharness,
unleash;
disengage,
disentangle;
clear,
extricate,
unloose.
gain one's liberty,
obtain one's liberty,
acquire one's liberty
etc.
748;
get rid of,
get clear of;
deliver oneself from;
shake off the yoke,
slip the collar;
break loose,
break prison;
tear asunder one's bonds,
cast off trammels;
escape
etc.
671.
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3 release
Let (something) fall or spill from a container.
synonym: turn.
4 release
5 release
Eliminate (a substance):
— The plant releases a gas.
synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel.
Roget 284:
propel,
project,
throw,
fling,
cast,
pitch,
chuck,
toss,
jerk,
heave,
shy,
hurl;
flirt,
fillip.
dart,
lance,
tilt;
ejaculate,
jaculate†;
fulminate,
bolt,
drive,
sling,
pitchfork.
send;
send off,
let off,
fire off;
discharge,
shoot;
launch,
release,
send forth,
let fly;
put in orbit,
send into orbit,
launch into orbit dash.
put in motion,
set in motion;
set agoing†,
start;
give a start,
give an impulse to;
impel
etc.
276;
trundle
etc.
(set in rotation)
312;
expel
etc.
297.
carry one off one's legs;
put to flight.
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6 release
Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids:
— Release a hormone into the blood stream.
synonym: secrete.
7 release
Make (information) available for publication:
— Release the list with the names of the prisoners.
synonym: free.
8 release
9 release
Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition.
synonyms: free, liberate.
10 release
Make (assets) available:
— Release the holdings in the dictator's bank account.
synonyms: free, unblock, unfreeze.
Moby thesaurus: OK, abandonment, abjuration, absolution, absolve, accord, account, acknowledgment, acquaintance, acquit, acquittal, acquittance, admission, admit, advice, allow, allowance, amnesty, annihilation, announcement, bane, biological death, blue book, boot, bounce, break, break loose, break out, break up, breakout, breakup, briefing, bulletin, bump, bust, can, canceled check, cashier, cast loose, cast off, catharsis, cessation of life, cession, charter, circulate, cleanse, cleanse away, cleansing, clear, clearance, clearing, clinical death, come out with, communication, communique, compurgation, consent, crossing the bar, curtains, cut loose, data, datum, deactivate, deactivation, death, death knell, debrief, debt of nature, decease, decontaminate, defrock, degrade, deliver, deliverance, delivery, demise, demob, demobilization, demobilize, demote, departure, deplume, depose, deprive, destigmatization, destigmatize, destigmatizing, detach, detachment, diaspora, diplomatic immunity, directory, disband, disbandment, disbar, discharge, disculpation, disembarrass, disembroil, disemploy, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, disintegration, disinvolve, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, disorganization, disorganize, dispatch, dispensation, dispense, dispense from, dispense with, dispersal, disperse, dispersion, displace, displume, disposal, disposition, disseminate, dissolution, dissolve, distribute, doff, doom, drum out, dumping, dying, ebb of life, emancipate, emancipation, embassy, emergence, emotional release, end, end of life, ending, enlightenment, escape, escapism, eternal rest, evasion, evidence, except, exception, exculpate, exculpation, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exemption, exit, exonerate, exoneration, expel, expiration, express, extinction, extinguishment, extract, extricate, extrication, facts, factual information, familiarization, final summons, finger of death, fire, flight, forgive, forgiveness, forgoing, forswearing, franchise, free, free from, freedom, freeing, furlough, gen, general information, get out, getaway, getting rid of, give absolution, give dispensation from, give leave, give off, give out, give permission, give release, give respite, give the ax, give the gate, give the go-ahead, give the word, giving up, go bail for, go separate ways, going, going off, grant, grant amnesty to, grant bail to, grant immunity, grant remission, grave, guidebook, hand of death, hand out, handout, hard information, immunity, incidental information, info, information, instruction, intelligence, intermission, intermit, issuance, issue, jailbreak, jaws of death, justify, kick, kick upstairs, knell, knowledge, last debt, last muster, last rest, last roundup, last sleep, launch, lay off, leak, leakage, leave, leave go, leaving life, legislative immunity, let, let go, let go free, let loose, let loose of, let off, let out, letter, letting go, liberate, liberation, liberty, license, lifesaving, light, loose, loosen, loosing, loss of life, make available, make possible, make redundant, making an end, manumission, manumit, mention, message, muster out, nonpros, notice, notification, okay, outlet, pardon, parole, part, part company, parting, pass out, passing, passing away, passing over, patent, pension off, perishing, permission, permission to enter, permit, pneumatogram, present, presentation, press release, prisonbreak, privilege, promotional material, proof, publication, publicity, publish, purgation, purge, purge away, purging, put on parole, put out, quash the charge, quietus, quittance, ransom, read out of, recantation, receipt, receipt in full, recover, recovery, redeem, redemption, releasing, relinquish, relinquishment, remise, remission, remit, removal, remove, renunciation, replace, report, reprieve, rescue, rescuing, resign, resignation, respite, rest, retire, retraction, retrieval, retrieve, reward, riddance, sack, sacrifice, salvage, salvation, save, save the necessity, saving, say the word, scatter, sentence of death, separate, separate forcibly, separation, set at large, set free, setting-free, shades of death, shadow of death, shrive, sidelight, sleep, somatic death, spare, special permission, split up, split-up, statement, story, strip, summons of death, superannuate, surcease, surplus, surrender, suspend, suspension, swearing off, take off, tear loose, telegram, the dope, the goods, the know, the scoop, ticket, ticket of admission, transmission, turn off, turn out, unbar, unbind, unbinding, unbolt, unbolting, unbridling, unbuckle, unbuckling, unbutton, uncaging, unchain, unchaining, unclasp, unclutch, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unfettering, unfrock, ungagging, unglue, unhand, unhanding, unharnessing, unhobbling, unknot, unlace, unlashing, unlatch, unlatching, unleash, unleashing, unlock, unlocking, unloose, unloosen, unloosing, unmanacling, unmuzzling, unpenning, unravel, unshackle, unshackling, unsnarl, unstick, unstrap, unstrapping, untangle, untethering, untie, untrussing, untying, unveil, unyoking, vent, verdict of acquittal, vindicate, vindication, voucher, vouchsafe, vouchsafement, waiver, warrant, weigh anchor, white book, white paper, whitewash, withdraw the charge, word, yield, yielding ... show more.
released
adjective
Roget 360:
dead,
lifeless;
deceased,
demised,
departed,
defunct,
extinct;
late,
gone,
no more;
exanimate†,
inanimate;
out of the world,
taken off,
released;
departed this life
etc.
v.;
dead and gone;
dead as a doornail,
dead as a doorpost†,
dead as a mutton,
dead as a herring,
dead as nits;
launched into eternity,
gone to one's eternal reward,
gone to meet one's maker,
pushing up daisies,
gathered to one's fathers,
numbered with the dead.
dying
etc.
v.;
moribund,
morient†;
hippocratic;
in articulo,
in extremis;
in the jaws of death,
in the agony of death;
going off;
aux abois [Fr.];
one one's last legs,
on one's death bed;
at the point of death,
at death's door,
at the last gasp;
near one's end,
given over,
booked;
with one foot in the grave,
tottering on the brink of the grave.
stillborn;
mortuary;
deadly
etc.
(killing)
361.
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Roget 927a:
exempt,
free,
immune,
at liberty,
scot-free;
released
etc.
v.;
unbound,
unencumbered;
irresponsible,
unaccountable,
not answerable;
excusable.
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Moby thesaurus: abandoned, abjured, afoot and lighthearted, asleep, asleep in Jesus, at large, at liberty, at rest, bereft of life, breathless, called home, carrion, ceded, chartered, clear, croaked, dead, dead and gone, death-struck, deceased, defunct, delivered, demised, departed, departed this life, destitute of life, detached, disengaged, dispensed with, disposed of, done for, easygoing, emancipated, exanimate, excepted, excused, exempt, exempted, extricated, fallen, favored, finished, food for worms, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, forgone, forsworn, free, free and easy, free as air, freeborn, freed, go-as-you-please, gone, gone to glory, gone west, immune, in the clear, inanimate, irresponsible, late, late lamented, launched into eternity, let off, liberated, licensed, lifeless, loose, martyred, no more, on parole, on the loose, passed on, permitted, privileged, pushing up daisies, recanted, redeemed, relinquished, renounced, reposing, rescued, resting easy, retracted, sacrificed, sainted, scot-free, sleeping, smitten with death, spared, still, stillborn, surrendered, taken away, taken off, unaccountable, unanswerable, unattached, unbound, uncommitted, unengaged, uninvolved, unliable, unshackled, unsubject, untied, waived, with the Lord, with the saints, without life, without vital functions, yielded ... show more.
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