RELEASE


Meaning of RELEASE in English

■ verb

1》 set free.

2》 allow to move or flow freely.

↘remove (part of a machine or appliance) from a fixed position, allowing something else to move or function.

3》 allow (information) to be generally available.

↘make (a film or recording) available to the public.

4》 Law remit or discharge (a debt).

↘surrender (a right).

↘make over (property or money) to another.

■ noun

1》 the action or process of releasing or being ~d.

↘a handle or catch that ~s part of a mechanism.

2》 a film or other product ~d to the public.

3》 Law the action of releasing property, money, or a right to another.

↘a document effecting this.

Derivatives

releasable adjective

~e noun ( Law ).

~r noun

releasor noun ( Law ).

Origin

ME: from OFr. reles (n.), relesser (v.), from L. relaxare (see relax ).

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