Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
- 2noun
To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go.
- 3noun
To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.
- 6noun
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.
- 7noun
Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
- 8noun
Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
- 9noun
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.
- 10noun
The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
- 11noun
the act of liberating someone or something
Synonyms
- 12noun
(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
- 13noun
a formal written statement of relinquishment
- 14noun
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- 15noun
the act of allowing a fluid to escape
- 16noun
activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
"she had no other outlet for her feelings"
"he gave vent to his anger"
- 17noun
merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
"a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
- 18noun
a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
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- 19noun
a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
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- 20noun
an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
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- 21noun
euphemistic expressions for death
"thousands mourned his passing"
- 22noun
a process that liberates or discharges something
"there was a sudden release of oxygen"
"the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
- 23verb
generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
"secrete digestive juices"
"release a hormone into the blood stream"
Synonyms
- 24verb
eliminate (a substance)
"combustion products are exhausted in the engine"
"the plant releases a gas"
- 25verb
make (assets) available
"release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
- 26verb
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
"publish a magazine or newspaper"
- 27verb
let (something) fall or spill from a container
"turn the flour onto a plate"
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- 28verb
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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- 29verb
release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- 30verb
part with a possession or right
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"
"resign a claim to the throne"
Synonyms
- 31verb
grant freedom to; free from confinement
- 32verb
make (information) available for publication
"release the list with the names of the prisoners"
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