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      release
      noun
      (software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
      Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
      The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
      Liberation from pain or suffering.
      (law) The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
      The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken.
      That which is released, untied or let go.
      (biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
      A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
      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.
      The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
      Orgasm.
      Discharged semen
      (music) A kind of bridge used in jazz music.
      (phonetics, sound synthesis) The act or manner of ending a sound.
      (railways, historical) In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
      verb
      (transitive) To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
      (transitive) To make available to the public.
      (transitive) To free or liberate; to set free.
      (transitive) To discharge.
      (transitive, telephony) (of a call) To hang up.
      (transitive) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
      (transitive, law) To let go, quit (a legal claim); to discharge or relinquish a right to (lands or buildings) by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession.
      (transitive, soccer) To set up; to provide with a goalscoring opportunity.
      (biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.
      (intransitive) To launch; to come out; to become available.
      (transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
      Roots
      rere- · Latin · backlaxus-lease · Latin · loose
      Synonyms for release
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      Words related to release
      releasernprereleasefranchisementnreleasableadjrereleaseunreleasedadjejectvunblockvfreedvaffranchisevunpenvunlashvannouncevforthcomingadjunsnarlingnreissuenassoilv

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      Where does release come from?

      The word release breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); and -lease, from Latin laxus (“loose”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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