release

/ɹɪˈliːs/ · noun

Meaning

The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be either public or private.
Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
That which is released, untied or let go.
The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
Liberation from pain or suffering.
To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.
To make available to the public.
To free or liberate; to set free.
To discharge.
(of a call) To hang up.
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.
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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