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Synonyms for release
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Princeton's WordNet
release(noun)
merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
"a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
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dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tone ending, liberation, button, waiver, acquittance, dismission, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, going, exit, sacking, spillage, expiration, spill, handout, outletliberation, release, freeing(noun)
the act of liberating someone or something
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dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tone ending, button, waiver, acquittance, dismission, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, liberation, exit, sacking, going, spillage, expiration, spill, handout, outletrelease(noun)
a process that liberates or discharges something
"there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
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dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tone ending, liberation, button, waiver, acquittance, dismission, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, going, exit, sacking, spillage, expiration, spill, handout, outlethandout, press release, release(noun)
an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
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dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tone ending, button, waiver, acquittance, dismission, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, liberation, exit, sacking, going, spillage, expiration, spill, handout, outletdismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking(noun)
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
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lighting, paper bag, electric discharge, firing, outpouring, pink slip, liberation, sack, spark, judgement of dismissal, spillage, run, freeing, carrier bag, spill, kindling, sacking, electric arc, chemise, fire, emission, sacque, tone ending, poke, hammock, firing off, departure, arc, dismissal, press release, expelling, outlet, expiration, waiver, button, exit, judgment of dismissal, sac, pocket, shift, bagging, loss, inflammation, going, discharge, venting, pouch, handout, vent, dismission, acquittance, ignition, passing, sackfulpassing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release(noun)
euphemistic expressions for death
"thousands mourned his passing"
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sledding, firing, overtaking, liberation, passage, dismissal, expiry, divergence, freeing, spill, difference, sacking, personnel casualty, vent, passing game, breathing out, sack, tone ending, deviation, passing play, acquittance, red, departure, press release, outlet, expiration, waiver, button, exhalation, handout, pass, exit, leaving, qualifying, loss, dismission, way out, going, discharge, red ink, issue, going away, spillage, deprivation, termination, passingacquittance, release(noun)
a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
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dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tone ending, button, waiver, acquittance, dismission, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, liberation, exit, sacking, going, spillage, expiration, spill, handout, outletrelease, button(noun)
a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
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dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tone ending, liberation, button, waiver, acquittance, dismission, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, going, push, exit, sacking, clit, spillage, expiration, clitoris, push button, spill, handout, outletrelease, outlet, vent(noun)
activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
"she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"
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wall plug, firing, liberation, sack, wall socket, freeing, spill, sacking, venthole, vent, tone ending, retail store, button, vent-hole, departure, electrical outlet, press release, outlet, expiration, waiver, electric outlet, electric receptacle, blowhole, sales outlet, mercantile establishment, loss, spillage, way out, going, discharge, exit, handout, dismission, issue, acquittance, volcano, dismissal, passingspill, spillage, release(noun)
the act of allowing a fluid to escape
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dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tumble, button, waiver, spillage, dismission, tone ending, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, liberation, handout, exit, sacking, expiration, going, fall, wasteweir, spill, acquittance, spillway, outletrelease, waiver, discharge(noun)
a formal written statement of relinquishment
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electric discharge, firing, outpouring, liberation, sack, spark, run, freeing, spill, sacking, electric arc, emission, tone ending, firing off, departure, venting, arc, dismissal, press release, expelling, outlet, expiration, waiver, button, loss, spillage, going, discharge, exit, handout, vent, dismission, acquittance, passingrelease, tone ending(verb)
(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
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dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tone ending, liberation, button, waiver, acquittance, dismission, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, going, exit, sacking, spillage, expiration, spill, handout, outletlet go of, let go, release, relinquish(verb)
release, as from one's grip
"Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
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turn, exhaust, quit, unloose, foreswear, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, forego, dispense with, expel, free, discharge, secrete, waive, renounce, put out, give up, loose, let go, let go of, resign, forgo, relinquish, publish, bring out, issue, ejectfree, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose(verb)
grant freedom to; free from confinement
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turn, unfreeze, unloose, expel, exhaust, let loose, resign, emancipate, unblock, liberate, loosen, publish, disembarrass, unloosen, put out, let go of, exempt, give up, relinquish, justify, absolve, unleash, relieve, secrete, rid, let go, dislodge, bring out, discharge, issue, free, relax, disengage, eject, set free, looseturn, release(verb)
let (something) fall or spill from a container
"turn the flour onto a plate"
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bend, unfreeze, unloose, wrick, work, plow, change state, exhaust, twist, resign, rick, call on, unblock, liberate, expel, flex, move around, wrench, become, grow, unloosen, put out, sour, let go of, give up, sprain, publish, secrete, relinquish, change by reversal, let go, turn over, reverse, bring out, discharge, ferment, issue, free, deform, turn, eject, plough, loosepublish, bring out, put out, issue, release(verb)
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
"publish a magazine or newspaper"
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unblock, supply, turn, let go, unloose, put under, let on, bring out, unwrap, reveal, disclose, inconvenience, expose, bother, bring on, write out, give up, go forth, unveil, cut, relinquish, put out, liberate, anaesthetize, expel, publish, extend, anesthetize, stretch out, loose, unloosen, give away, get out, break, let go of, incommode, egress, retire, disoblige, trouble, set off, douse, discommode, stretch forth, divulge, make out, write, produce, anaesthetise, resign, exhaust, exsert, smother, emerge, eject, discharge, anesthetise, issue, free, print, uncover, secrete, hold out, come out, come forth, discover, unfreeze, introduce, let outexhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release(verb)
eliminate (a substance)
"combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
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unload, exhaust, let go, eat up, muster out, dispatch, complete, expel, go off, wash up, eat, boot out, assoil, beat, tire, unloose, empty, resign, drop off, unblock, play out, put out, liberate, use up, fire, turf out, tucker out, relinquish, unloosen, squeeze out, bring out, throw out, let go of, squirt, run through, oust, exculpate, give up, chuck out, exclude, set down, clear, secrete, publish, put down, wipe out, unfreeze, acquit, kick out, drum out, rout out, turn out, force out, drop, rout, discharge, run down, exonerate, free, tucker, sap, turn, eject, consume, deplete, issue, loosesecrete, release(verb)
generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
"secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
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turn, exhaust, unloose, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, expel, free, discharge, secrete, put out, give up, loose, let go, let go of, resign, relinquish, publish, bring out, issue, ejectfree, release(verb)
make (information) available for publication
"release the list with the names of the prisoners"
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turn, justify, exhaust, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, issue, liberate, let go, bring out, free, discharge, secrete, put out, give up, loose, disembarrass, let go of, resign, relinquish, publish, disengage, rid, exempt, expel, absolve, eject, dislodgerelease, relinquish, resign, free, give up(verb)
part with a possession or right
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
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unloosen, unfreeze, allow, unloose, abandon, drop by the wayside, expel, vacate, cede, free, resign, forgo, stop, drop out, unblock, rid, kick, exhaust, liberate, publish, surrender, disembarrass, fall by the wayside, lay off, waive, put out, reconcile, let go of, dispense with, exempt, give up, throw overboard, forfeit, justify, absolve, leave office, spare, relieve, secrete, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, cease, let go, renounce, dislodge, bring out, discontinue, discharge, issue, step down, chuck up the sponge, submit, disengage, turn, eject, part with, throw in, forego, quit, foreswear, looserelease, free, liberate(verb)
release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
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turn, exempt, exhaust, absolve, unloose, relieve, emancipate, unloosen, unblock, justify, unfreeze, liberate, disembarrass, disengage, bring out, free, discharge, secrete, set free, put out, give up, loose, let go, let go of, resign, relinquish, publish, expel, rid, issue, eject, dislodgeunblock, unfreeze, free, release(verb)
make (assets) available
"release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
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exhaust, unfreeze, unloose, bring out, melt, resign, unblock, dethaw, liberate, expel, publish, disembarrass, unloosen, put out, let go of, exempt, give up, dissolve, relinquish, thaw, justify, absolve, relieve, secrete, rid, let go, dislodge, eject, discharge, unthaw, free, disengage, turn, issue, loose
English Synonyms and Antonyms
release
To absolve, in the strict sense, is to set free from any bond. One may be absolved from a promise by a breach of faith on the part of one to whom the promise was made. To absolve from sins is formally to remit their condemnation and penalty, regarded as a bond upon the soul. "Almighty God ... pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel." Book of Common Prayer, Declar. of Absol. To acquit of sin or crime is to free from the accusation of it, pronouncing one guiltless; the innocent are rightfully acquitted; the guilty may be mercifully absolved. Compare PARDON.
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absolve, acquit, clear, discharge, exculpate, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, liberate, pardon, pardon, set freeAntonyms:
accuse, bind, charge, compel, condemn, convict, impeach, inculpate, obligate, obligePreposition:
One is absolved from (rarely of) a promise, a sin, etc.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
release(v. a.)
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liberate, unloose, free, loose, disengage, discharge, deliver, set free, set at liberty, let loose, let outrelease(v. a.)
release(n.)
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liberation, deliverance, discharge, freedomrelease(n.)
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exemption, exoneration, excuse, dispensation, absolutionrelease(n.)
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acquittance, clearance, receipt in full
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
release(n)
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liberation, discharge, deliverance, acquittance, extrication, exoneration, disengagement, freedomrelease(v)
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liberate, loose, discharge, free, acquit, extricate, disengage, relinquish, absolve, remit, relieve, exonerate, disencumber
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "release":
liberation, detach, version, communiqué, releases, releasing, released, liberate, publication, liberación, dissemination, rejection, free, discharge, freed, communicated, launch, discharges, paying-up, freeing, freedom, issuance, unleash, frees, versions, diffusion, disclose, unlock, unhook, liberty, publish, launching, disclosure, unclamp, unblock, liberalisation, drop, clearance
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How to use release in a sentence?
There have been a lot of rumors lately about him. Some people are saying that he is not alive, i think the Taliban thought it was an important time to release his biography to give assurances that he is alive and present.
He is out of the induced coma and he has spoken to his lawyers, and his demands remain the same, he demands to be released immediately without any condition. He has agreed until tomorrow morning to continue with the same treatment keeping the IV in place and to continue with the hunger strike. He agreed to continue with this until tomorrow morning in order to give his lawyers time to reach an agreement with the state to release him.
Can you ever say that the pillars of the sport will morph into this? That's a stretch as we are a sport of great tradition, this needs to be a supplement to it in my opinion. It's a great release for the players and an opportunity to communicate their personalities more.
Today, with one clear voice, the United States of America calls upon the nations of the world to end religious persecution. Stop the crimes against people of faith, release prisoners of conscience. Repeal laws restricting freedom of religion and belief. Protect the vulnerable, the defenseless, and the oppressed.
Intact whole grains that still have the outer layer [the bran], such as farro, freekeh, sorghum, and wheat berries, should be soaked in water overnight to help release the phytates, but this doesn't apply to semi-refined or unhulled types like pearled barley or instant oats.
Translations for release
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- verlos, los, publiseerAfrikaans
- أطلق سراح, حرر, إطلاق سراحArabic
- handelvBreton
- alliberament, alliberat, publicar, alliberar, llançar, amollar, versió, estrena, estrenarCatalan, Valencian
- vydání, uvolnitCzech
- rhyddhau, gollwngWelsh
- udgave, versionDanish
- loslassen, freisetzen, Veröffentlichung, Version, freilassen, Freisetzung, veröffentlichenGerman
- ελευθέρωση, απελευθέρωση, έκδοσηGreek
- versión, liberar, descargado, lanzamiento, soltar, soltado, lanzarSpanish
- رها کردنPersian
- julkistaa, vapauttaa, uutuus, päästää, julkaisu, irrottaaFinnish
- lâcher, libérer, version, sortirFrench
- ligean, scaoil, scaoil amach, scaoil deIrish
- שחרר, כותר, הוציא לאור, גרסה, הוציא לשוקHebrew
- elengedHungarian
- ազատել, արձակել, բաց թողնել, թողարկելArmenian
- liberare, rilasciare, versioneItalian
- リリース, 解放する, 放すJapanese
- 석방하다Korean
- بهربوون, بهردانKurdish
- vrijlaten, loslatenDutch
- wydanie, uwolnienie, nowość, wersja, wyzwoleniePolish
- liberar, lançar, lançamento, soltar, versãoPortuguese
- отпускать, релизRussian
- frisläppande, släppa, frigöring, ge ut, frige, lössläppaSwedish
- విడుదల, అనుమతి, విడుదలైనTelugu
- bırakmak, tahliye etmekTurkish
- phát hành, xả, phiên bản, thả, giải phóngVietnamese
- 发布Chinese
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