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Release Definition

noun

A deliverance or liberation, as from confinement, restraint, or suffering.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
A device or catch for locking or releasing a mechanism.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
An authoritative discharge, as from an obligation or from prison.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
An unfastening or letting go of something caught or held fast.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Law Relinquishment to another of a right, title, or claim.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-transitive

To dismiss, as from a job.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To free from something that binds, fastens, or holds back; let go: released the balloons; released a flood of questions.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To issue for performance, sale, publication, or distribution.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To make known or available.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To relieve of care and suffering.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb

To move from one's normal position (as in football or basketball) in order to assume another position or to perform a second assignment.
from Free Scrabble Dictionary
To make available to the public .
from Free Scrabble Dictionary
To give up in favor of another .
from Free Scrabble Dictionary
To give permission for publication, performance, exhibition, or sale of.
from Free Scrabble Dictionary
To let go .
from Free Scrabble Dictionary

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