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released

/ɹɪˈliːst/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.
  2. To make available to the public.
  3. To free or liberate; to set free.
  4. To discharge.
  5. (of a call) To hang up.
  6. 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.
  7. To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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