RELEASE


Meaning of RELEASE in English

I. verb (~d; releasing) Etymology: Middle English relesen, from Anglo-French relesser, from Latin relaxare to relax Date: 14th century transitive verb to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude , to relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses , to give up in favor of another ; relinquish , to give permission for publication, performance, exhibition, or sale of, intransitive 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, see: free releasable adjective II. noun Etymology: Middle English reles, from Anglo-French, from relesser Date: 14th century relief or deliverance from sorrow, suffering, or trouble, 2. discharge from obligation or responsibility, b. relinquishment of a right or claim, an act by which a legal right is discharged, 3. the act or an instance of liberating or freeing (as from restraint), the act or manner of concluding a musical tone or phrase, the act or manner of ending a sound ; the movement of one or more vocal organs in quitting the position for a speech sound, the action or manner of throwing a ball , an instrument effecting a legal ~, the state of being freed, a device adapted to hold or ~ a mechanism as required, 7. the act of permitting performance or publication, the matter ~d

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