 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
release
noun
1: merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a
record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony
Orchestra"
2: the act of liberating someone or something [syn: {liberation},
{freeing}]
3: a process that liberates or discharges something; "there was
a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from
the thyroid gland"
4: an announcement distributed to members of the press in order
to supplement or replace an oral presentation [syn: {handout},
{press release}]
5: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free
to depart) [syn: {dismissal}, {dismission}, {discharge}, {firing},
{liberation}, {sack}, {sacking}]
6: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his
passing" [syn: {passing}, {loss}, {departure}, {exit}, {expiration},
{going}]
7: a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or
obligation [syn: {acquittance}]
8: activity that releases or expresses creative energy or
emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he
gave vent to his anger" [syn: {outlet}, {vent}]
9: the act of allowing a fluid to escape [syn: {spill}, {spillage}]
10: a formal written statement of relinquishment [syn: {waiver},
{discharge}]
11: (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or
tone [syn: {tone ending}]
verb
1: release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle,
please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't
fall" [syn: {let go of}, {let go}, {relinquish}] [ant: {hold}]
2: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: {free}, {liberate},
{unloose}, {unloosen}, {loose}] [ant: {confine}]
3: let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour
onto a plate" [syn: {turn}]
4: eliminate (substances) from the body [syn: {discharge}, {expel},
{eject}]
5: prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish
a magazine or newspaper" [syn: {publish}, {bring out}, {put
out}, {issue}]
6: generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete
digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood
stream" [syn: {secrete}]
7: make (information) available publication; "release the list
with the names of the prisoners" [syn: {free}]
8: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to
the throne" [syn: {relinquish}, {resign}, {free}, {give up}]
9: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the
dictator's bank account" [syn: {unblock}, {unfreeze}, {free}]
[ant: {freeze}, {freeze}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Release \Re*lease"\ (r?-l?s"), verb (used with an object) [Pref. re + lease to let.]
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Release \Re*lease"\ (r?-l?s"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Released}
(r?*l?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Releasing}.] [OE. relessen, OF.
relassier, to release, to let free. See {Relay}, noun, {Relax},
and cf. {Release} to lease again.]
1. To let loose again; to set free from restraint,
confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set
at liberty; to let go.
Now at that feast he released unto them one
prisoner, whomsoever they desired. --Mark xv. 6.
2. To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or
oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
3. (Law) 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.
4. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to
release an ordinance. [Obs.] --Hooker.
A sacred vow that none should aye release.
--Spenser.
Syn: To free; liberate; loose; discharge; disengage;
extricate; let go; quit; acquit.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Release \Re*lease"\, noun
1. 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. ''Who
boast'st release from hell.'' --Milton.
2. Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
3. Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt,
penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
4. (Law) 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.
--Blackstone.
5. (Steam Engine) The act of opening the exhaust port to
allow the steam to escape.
6. (Mach.) A device adapted to hold or release a device or
mechanism as required; specif.: (Elec.) A catch on a
motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the
rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in
the field circuit; also, the catch on an electromagnetic
circuit breaker for a motor, which acts in case of an
overload.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
7. (Phon.) The act or manner of ending a sound.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. (Railroads) In the block-signaling system, a printed card
conveying information and instructions to be used at
intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Lease and release}. (Law) See under {Lease}.
{Out of release}, without cessation. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Syn: Liberation; freedom; discharge. See {Death}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
466 Moby Thesaurus words for "release":
OK, abandonment, abjuration, absolution, absolve, accord, account,
acknowledgment, acquaintance, acquit, acquittal, acquittance,
admission, admit, advice, allow, allowance, amnesty, annihilation,
announcement, bane, biological death, blue book, boot, bounce,
break, break loose, break out, break up, breakout, breakup,
briefing, bulletin, bump, bust, can, canceled check, cashier,
cast loose, cast off, catharsis, cessation of life, cession,
charter, circulate, cleanse, cleanse away, cleansing, clear,
clearance, clearing, clinical death, come out with, communication,
communique, compurgation, consent, crossing the bar, curtains,
cut loose, data, datum, deactivate, deactivation, death,
death knell, debrief, debt of nature, decease, decontaminate,
defrock, degrade, deliver, deliverance, delivery, demise, demob,
demobilization, demobilize, demote, departure, deplume, depose,
deprive, destigmatization, destigmatize, destigmatizing, detach,
detachment, diaspora, diplomatic immunity, directory, disband,
disbandment, disbar, discharge, disculpation, disembarrass,
disembroil, disemploy, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate,
disintegration, disinvolve, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal,
disorganization, disorganize, dispatch, dispensation, dispense,
dispense from, dispense with, dispersal, disperse, dispersion,
displace, displume, disposal, disposition, disseminate,
dissolution, dissolve, distribute, doff, doom, drum out, dumping,
dying, ebb of life, emancipate, emancipation, embassy, emergence,
emotional release, end, end of life, ending, enlightenment, escape,
escapism, eternal rest, evasion, evidence, except, exception,
exculpate, exculpation, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exemption,
exit, exonerate, exoneration, expel, expiration, express,
extinction, extinguishment, extract, extricate, extrication, facts,
factual information, familiarization, final summons,
finger of death, fire, flight, forgive, forgiveness, forgoing,
forswearing, franchise, free, free from, freedom, freeing,
furlough, gen, general information, get out, getaway,
getting rid of, give absolution, give dispensation from,
give leave, give off, give out, give permission, give release,
give respite, give the ax, give the gate, give the go-ahead,
give the word, giving up, go bail for, go separate ways, going,
going off, grant, grant amnesty to, grant bail to, grant immunity,
grant remission, grave, guidebook, hand of death, hand out,
handout, hard information, immunity, incidental information, info,
information, instruction, intelligence, intermission, intermit,
issuance, issue, jailbreak, jaws of death, justify, kick,
kick upstairs, knell, knowledge, last debt, last muster, last rest,
last roundup, last sleep, launch, lay off, leak, leakage, leave,
leave go, leaving life, legislative immunity, let, let go,
let go free, let loose, let loose of, let off, let out, letter,
letting go, liberate, liberation, liberty, license, lifesaving,
light, loose, loosen, loosing, loss of life, make available,
make possible, make redundant, making an end, manumission, manumit,
mention, message, muster out, nonpros, notice, notification, okay,
outlet, pardon, parole, part, part company, parting, pass out,
passing, passing away, passing over, patent, pension off,
perishing, permission, permission to enter, permit, pneumatogram,
present, presentation, press release, prisonbreak, privilege,
promotional material, proof, publication, publicity, publish,
purgation, purge, purge away, purging, put on parole, put out,
quash the charge, quietus, quittance, ransom, read out of,
recantation, receipt, receipt in full, recover, recovery, redeem,
redemption, releasing, relinquish, relinquishment, remise,
remission, remit, removal, remove, renunciation, replace, report,
reprieve, rescue, rescuing, resign, resignation, respite, rest,
retire, retraction, retrieval, retrieve, reward, riddance, sack,
sacrifice, salvage, salvation, save, save the necessity, saving,
say the word, scatter, sentence of death, separate,
separate forcibly, separation, set at large, set free,
setting-free, shades of death, shadow of death, shrive, sidelight,
sleep, somatic death, spare, special permission, split up,
split-up, statement, story, strip, summons of death, superannuate,
surcease, surplus, surrender, suspend, suspension, swearing off,
take off, tear loose, telegram, the dope, the goods, the know,
the scoop, ticket, ticket of admission, transmission, turn off,
turn out, unbar, unbind, unbinding, unbolt, unbolting, unbridling,
unbuckle, unbuckling, unbutton, uncaging, unchain, unchaining,
unclasp, unclutch, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unfettering, unfrock,
ungagging, unglue, unhand, unhanding, unharnessing, unhobbling,
unknot, unlace, unlashing, unlatch, unlatching, unleash,
unleashing, unlock, unlocking, unloose, unloosen, unloosing,
unmanacling, unmuzzling, unpenning, unravel, unshackle,
unshackling, unsnarl, unstick, unstrap, unstrapping, untangle,
untethering, untie, untrussing, untying, unveil, unyoking, vent,
verdict of acquittal, vindicate, vindication, voucher, vouchsafe,
vouchsafement, waiver, warrant, weigh anchor, white book,
white paper, whitewash, withdraw the charge, word, yield,
yielding
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
release
(Or "released version", "baseline") A version of
a piece of software which has been made public (as opposed to
a version that is in development, or otherwise unreleased).
A release is either a {major release}, a {revision}, or a
{bugfix}.
Pre-release versions may be called {alpha test}, or {beta
test} versions.
See {change management}.
(1996-08-04)
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