release
Cross references:
1. free
1. re.lease \ri-'le-s\ vt [ME relesen, fr. OF relessier, fr. L relaxare to
relax] 1: to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude 2: to
relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses 3: to give up
in favor of another : RELINQUISH {~ a claim to property} 4: to give
permission for publication, performance, exhibition, or sale of on but not
before a specified date
2. release n 1: relief or deliverance from sorrow, suffering, or trouble
2a: discharge from obligation or responsibility 2b1: relinquishment of a
right or claim 2b2: an act by which a legal right is discharged; specif :
a convey ance of a right in lands or tenements to another having an estate
in possession 3a: the act or an instance of liberating or freeing 3b: the
act or manner of concluding a musical tone or phrase or ending a so und 4:
an instrument effecting a legal release 5a: the permitting of a working
fluid (as steam) to escape from the cylinde r at the end of the working
stroke 5b: the point in a cycle at which this act occurs 6: the state of
being freed 7: a device adapted to hold or release a mechanism as required
8a: the act of permitting performance or publication 8b: the matter
released; esp : a statement prepared for the press