release

release is a 7-letter English word with 32 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 32 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
2. noun. To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go.
3. noun. To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
4. noun. To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
5. noun. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.
6. noun. The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.
7. noun. Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
8. noun. Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
9. noun. A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
10. noun. The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
11. noun. the act of liberating someone or something

    Synonyms: freeing, liberation

12. noun. (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
13. noun. a formal written statement of relinquishment

    Synonyms: discharge, waiver

14. noun. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

    Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, sack, sacking

15. noun. the act of allowing a fluid to escape

    Synonyms: spill, spillage

16. noun. activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

    "she had no other outlet for her feelings"

    "he gave vent to his anger"

    Synonyms: outlet, vent

17. noun. merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)

    "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"

18. noun. a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

    Synonyms: button

19. noun. a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation

    Synonyms: acquittance

20. noun. an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

    Synonyms: handout

21. noun. euphemistic expressions for death

    "thousands mourned his passing"

    Synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing

22. noun. a process that liberates or discharges something

    "there was a sudden release of oxygen"

    "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"

23. verb. generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

    "secrete digestive juices"

    "release a hormone into the blood stream"

    Synonyms: secrete

24. verb. eliminate (a substance)

    "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"

    "the plant releases a gas"

    Synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel

25. verb. make (assets) available

    "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

    Synonyms: free, unblock, unfreeze

26. verb. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

    "publish a magazine or newspaper"

    Synonyms: issue, publish

27. verb. let (something) fall or spill from a container

    "turn the flour onto a plate"

    Synonyms: turn

28. verb. release, as from one's grip

    "Let go of the door handle, please!"

    "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"

    Synonyms: relinquish

29. verb. release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

    Synonyms: free, liberate

30. verb. part with a possession or right

    "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"

    "resign a claim to the throne"

    Synonyms: free, relinquish, resign

31. verb. grant freedom to; free from confinement

    Synonyms: free, liberate, loose, unloose, unloosen

32. verb. make (information) available for publication

    "release the list with the names of the prisoners"

    Synonyms: free

Synonyms

freeing, liberation, discharge, waiver, dismissal, dismission, firing, sack, sacking, spill, spillage, outlet, vent, button, acquittance, handout, departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, secrete, eject

Common word forms

released, releaser, releases, releasees, releasing, releasement

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