Release

re·lease

  [ri-lees]verb, -leased, -leas·ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.

to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; letgo: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.

2.

to free from anything that restrains, fastens, etc.: to releasea catapult.

3.

to allow to be known, issued, done, or exhibited: to releasean article for publication.

4.

Law . to give up, relinquish, or surrender (a right, claim,etc.).

–noun

5.

a freeing or releasing from confinement, obligation, pain,emotional strain, etc.

6.

liberation from anything that restrains or fastens.

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