1. (noun)release merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film) Synonyms: dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tone ending, liberation, button, waiver, acquittance, dismission, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, going, exit, sacking, spillage, expiration, spill, handout, outlet
2. (noun)liberation, release, freeing the act of liberating someone or something Synonyms: dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tone ending, button, waiver, acquittance, dismission, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, liberation, release, exit, sacking, going, spillage, expiration, spill, handout, outlet
3. (noun)release a process that liberates or discharges something Synonyms: dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tone ending, liberation, button, waiver, acquittance, dismission, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, going, exit, sacking, spillage, expiration, spill, handout, outlet
4. (noun)handout, press release, release an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation Synonyms: dismissal, passing, departure, firing, vent, tone ending, button, waiver, acquittance, dismission, loss, freeing, sack, press release, discharge, liberation, release, exit, sacking, going, spillage, expiration, spill, handout, outlet
5. (noun)dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) Synonyms: lighting, paper bag, electric discharge, firing, outpouring, pink slip, liberation, sack, spark, judgement of dismissal, spillage, release, run, freeing, carrier bag, spill, kindling, sacking, electric arc, chemise, fire, emission, sacque, tone ending, poke, hammock, firing off, departure, arc, dismissal, press release, expelling, outlet, expiration, waiver, button, exit, judgment of dismissal, sac, pocket, shift, bagging, loss, inflammation, going, discharge, venting, pouch, handout, vent, dismission, acquittance, ignition, passing, sackful
15. (verb)turn, release let (something) fall or spill from a container Synonyms: bend, unfreeze, unloose, wrick, work, plow, change state, exhaust, twist, release, resign, rick, call on, unblock, liberate, expel, flex, move around, wrench, become, grow, unloosen, put out, sour, let go of, give up, sprain, publish, secrete, relinquish, change by reversal, let go, turn over, reverse, bring out, discharge, ferment, issue, free, deform, turn, eject, plough, loose
16. (verb)publish, bring out, put out, issue, release prepare and issue for public distribution or sale Synonyms: unblock, supply, turn, let go, unloose, put under, let on, bring out, unwrap, reveal, disclose, inconvenience, release, expose, bother, bring on, write out, give up, go forth, unveil, cut, relinquish, put out, liberate, anaesthetize, expel, publish, extend, anesthetize, stretch out, loose, unloosen, give away, get out, break, let go of, incommode, egress, retire, disoblige, trouble, set off, douse, discommode, stretch forth, divulge, make out, write, produce, anaesthetise, resign, exhaust, exsert, smother, emerge, eject, discharge, anesthetise, issue, free, print, uncover, secrete, hold out, come out, come forth, discover, unfreeze, introduce, let out
17. (verb)exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release eliminate (a substance) Synonyms: unload, exhaust, let go, eat up, muster out, dispatch, complete, expel, go off, wash up, eat, boot out, assoil, release, beat, tire, unloose, empty, resign, drop off, unblock, play out, put out, liberate, use up, fire, turf out, tucker out, relinquish, unloosen, squeeze out, bring out, throw out, let go of, squirt, run through, oust, exculpate, give up, chuck out, exclude, set down, clear, secrete, publish, put down, wipe out, unfreeze, acquit, kick out, drum out, rout out, turn out, force out, drop, rout, discharge, run down, exonerate, free, tucker, sap, turn, eject, consume, deplete, issue, loose
18. (verb)secrete, release generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids Synonyms: turn, exhaust, unloose, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, expel, free, discharge, release, secrete, put out, give up, loose, let go, let go of, resign, relinquish, publish, bring out, issue, eject
19. (verb)free, release make (information) available for publication Synonyms: turn, justify, exhaust, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, issue, liberate, let go, bring out, free, discharge, release, secrete, put out, give up, loose, disembarrass, let go of, resign, relinquish, publish, disengage, rid, exempt, expel, absolve, eject, dislodge
20. (verb)release, relinquish, resign, free, give up part with a possession or right Synonyms: unloosen, unfreeze, allow, unloose, abandon, drop by the wayside, expel, vacate, cede, free, release, resign, forgo, stop, drop out, unblock, rid, kick, exhaust, liberate, publish, surrender, disembarrass, fall by the wayside, lay off, waive, put out, reconcile, let go of, dispense with, exempt, give up, throw overboard, forfeit, justify, absolve, leave office, spare, relieve, secrete, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, cease, let go, renounce, dislodge, bring out, discontinue, discharge, issue, step down, chuck up the sponge, submit, disengage, turn, eject, part with, throw in, forego, quit, foreswear, loose
21. (verb)release, free, liberate release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition Synonyms: turn, exempt, exhaust, absolve, unloose, relieve, emancipate, unloosen, unblock, justify, unfreeze, liberate, disembarrass, disengage, bring out, free, discharge, release, secrete, set free, put out, give up, loose, let go, let go of, resign, relinquish, publish, expel, rid, issue, eject, dislodge
22. (verb)unblock, unfreeze, free, release make (assets) available Synonyms: exhaust, unfreeze, unloose, bring out, melt, release, resign, unblock, dethaw, liberate, expel, publish, disembarrass, unloosen, put out, let go of, exempt, give up, dissolve, relinquish, thaw, justify, absolve, relieve, secrete, rid, let go, dislodge, eject, discharge, unthaw, free, disengage, turn, issue, loose
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'release'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. release To absolve, in the strict sense, is to set free from any bond. One may be absolved from a promise by a breach of faith on the part of one to whom the promise was made. To absolve from sins is Synonyms: absolve, acquit, exculpate, forgive, pardon, clear, exempt, free, release, discharge, exonerate, liberate, set free Antonyms: accuse, charge, condemn, impeach, obligate, bind, compel, convict, inculpate, oblige
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