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Synonyms for release
rɪˈlisre·lease
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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.
Synonyms:
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.
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Princeton's WordNet
releasenoun
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, freeingnoun
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, outletreleasenoun
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, releasenoun
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, sackingnoun
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, releasenoun
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, releasenoun
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, buttonnoun
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, ventnoun
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, releasenoun
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, dischargenoun
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 endingverb
(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, relinquishverb
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, looseverb
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, releaseverb
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, releaseverb
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, releaseverb
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, releaseverb
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, releaseverb
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 upverb
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, liberateverb
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, releaseverb
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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
releaseverb
Synonyms:
liberate, unloose, free, loose, disengage, discharge, deliver, set free, set at liberty, let loose, let outreleaseverb
releasenoun
Synonyms:
liberation, deliverance, discharge, freedomreleasenoun
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exemption, exoneration, excuse, dispensation, absolutionreleasenoun
Synonyms:
acquittance, clearance, receipt in full
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
releasenoun
Synonyms:
liberation, discharge, deliverance, acquittance, extrication, exoneration, disengagement, freedomreleaseverb
Synonyms:
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?
The level of this contaminant poses a public health threat, and is considered unsafe to drink, this news is concerning -- especially as the cause of the petroleum release into the Navy's water system remains unknown. We will continue to take all possible action to protect public health and the environment.
There is now a belief on the part of ISIS that there will be a negotiated release, prisoner swaps taking place … this is an extremely dangerous development.
An investigation determined that operator error caused the release of 1,618 gallons of jet fuel( JP-5) from a pipeline inside the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility( RHBFSF) on May 6, 2021, iThe release was not from the fuel tanks.
It was a tipping point for us to step up, i had a release prepared.
I think it is important to remember that part of the issue is when this was first being reported on and discussed back a few months after the pandemic had begun, was that then President Trump and Mike Pompeo, secretary of state, suggested they’ve seen evidence that this was formed in a lab and they also suggested that is was not released on purpose. But they refused to release the evidence showing what it was and so because of that made this instantly political.
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
- utgivelseNorwegian
- 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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