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releasenoun a freeing from an obligation or responsibilitybecause they had legally declared bankruptcy, they received release from their debt delivery, discharge, quietus, quittance dispensation, exemption, immunity, waiver a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilegewe had to sign a liability release before they'd let us go rock climbing on their property a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interesta press release announcing that the governor would not run for a second term ad, advert(chiefly British), advertisement, announcement, bulletin, communiqué, notice, notification, posting broadside, brochure, circular, flyer(also flier), fly sheet, gazette(British), handbill, handoutbill, billboard, placard, playbill, poster, show bill, signbroadcast, cablecast, newscast, telecastadvertising, billing, blurb, come-on, commercial, message, pitch, plugola, spot, wordcommunication, dispatch, reportannunciation, declaration, edict, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, rescript, significationballyhoo, boost, buildup, campaign, plug, promo, promotion, propaganda, publicity reduction of or freedom from painonly sleep offered any release from the agony of the migraine alleviation, comfort, ease, relief appeasement, assuagement, decrease, diminishment, mitigation, moderation, mollificationcalming, salving, soothing discomfort, unrestagony, anguish, misery, suffering, torment, tortureache, pain, pang, prick, smart, sting, stitch, throe, tingle, twinge releaseverbto set free (from a state of being held in check)the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration loose, loosen, uncork, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, manumit, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter, unmoor, unshackleair, express, take out, vent let go bridle, check, constrain, contain, control, curb, govern, hold, inhibit, regulate, rein (in), restrain, smother, tame handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammelbind, confine, enchain, fetterhalter, hamper to find emotional release fortried to find other ways of releasing tension than by chewing her fingernails loose, take out, unleash, vent act outair, express, state, ventilate, voice give way (to) bottle (up), repress, suppress control, govern, handle, managebridle, check, constrain, contain, curb, hold back, pull in, quell, rein (in), restrain, smother, tameallay, lull, quiet, soothe, stillchoke, inhibit, muffle, pocket, repress, stifle, strangle, swallow to set free (as from slavery or confinement)release the prisoners immediately discharge, disenthrall(also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter bail (out), deliver, parole, ransom, redeem, rescue, savedisembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricateunshackle turn loose bind, confine, enchain, fetter, restrain handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammelcommit, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up)conquer, enslave, subdue, subjugate to set free from entanglement or difficultythe new governor finally managed to release himself from his rash campaign promise clear, disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, extricate, free, liberate, untangle deliver, redeem, rescue, savedisburden, disencumber, unburdenunravel, unsnarl, untie, untwine cut loose embroil, entangle block, hamper, hinder, impede, obstructburden, encumber, load, weigh to throw or give offan air freshener that releases a pleasing scent into the room cast, discharge, emanate, emit, evolve, exhale, expel, expire(archaic), give out, irradiate, issue, radiate, send (out), shoot, throw out, vent eliminate, evacuate, excrete, exude, ooze, secreteeject, erupt, gush, jet, outpour, pour, spew, spout, spray, spurt, squirt absorb, inhale, soak (up), sponge, suck (up), take up to make known openly or publiclythe panel of nutritionists released their findings on the safety and effectiveness of various diets advertise, announce, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, declare, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, sound, trumpet bark, call (off or out), crybill, billboard, bulletin, gazette(chiefly British)knell, ring, tollblurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puffdisseminate, spreaddisclose, divulge, introduce, kithe(chiefly Scottish), manifest, report, reveal, showadvise, apprise, hand down, inform, notifycommunicate, impart, intimate beat the drum (for or about), run with conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withholdrecall, recant, retract, revoke to let go from office, service, or employmentthey released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology ax(or axe), bounce, can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, pink-slip, remove, retire, sack, terminate, turn off downsize, excess, furlough, lay off, trimboot (out), chuck (out), drum (out), kick out, throw out, unseatseparate send packing, show (someone) the door employ, engage, hire, retain, sign (up or on), take on keepreemploy, rehirecontract, subcontractrecruit v.free, release, liberate, emancipate, manumit mean to set loose from restraint or constraint.free implies a usually permanent removal from whatever binds, confines, entangles, or oppresses.freed the animals from their cages release suggests a setting loose from confinement, restraint, or a state of pressure or tension, often without implication of permanent liberation.released his anger on a punching bag liberate stresses particularly the resulting state of liberty.liberated their country from the tyrant emancipate implies the liberation of a person from subjection or domination.labor-saving devices emancipated us from household drudgery manumit implies emancipation from slavery.the document manumitted the slaves in the 14th century |