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release

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of release

1 a freeing from an obligation or responsibility

because they had legally declared bankruptcy, they received release from their debt

Synonyms of release

delivery, discharge, quietus, quittance

Words Related to release

dispensation, exemption, immunity, waiver

2 a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege

we had to sign a liability release before theyʼd let us go rock climbing on their property

Synonyms of release

disclaimer, quitclaim, waiver

Words Related to release

dispensation, exemption, indemnity

abdication, relinquishment, renouncement

handover, renunciation, surrender

3 a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest

a press release announcing that the governor would not run for a second term

Synonyms of release

ad, advert [chiefly British], advertisement, announcement, bulletin, communiqué, notice, notification, posting

Words Related to release

broadside, brochure, circular, flyer (also flier), fly sheet, gazette [British], handbill, handout

bill, billboard, placard, playbill, poster, show bill, sign

broadcast, cablecast, newscast, telecast

advertising, billing, blurb, come-on, commercial, message, pitch, plugola, spot, word

communication, dispatch, report

annunciation, declaration, edict, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, rescript, signification

ballyhoo, boost, buildup, campaign, plug, promo, promotion, propaganda, publicity

4 reduction of or freedom from pain

only sleep offered any release from the agony of the migraine

Synonyms of release

alleviation, comfort, ease, relief

Words Related to release

appeasement, assuagement, decrease, diminishment, mitigation, moderation, mollification

calming, salving, soothing

Near Antonyms of release

discomfort, unrest

agony, anguish, misery, suffering, torment, torture

ache, pain, pang, prick, smart, sting, stitch, throe, tingle, twinge

release

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of release

1 to set free (from a state of being held in check)

the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration

Synonyms of release

loose, loosen, uncork, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen

Words Related to release

discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, manumit, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter, unmoor, unshackle

air, express, take out, vent

Phrases Synonymous with release

Near Antonyms of release

handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

bind, confine, enchain, fetter

Antonyms of release

bridle, check, constrain, contain, control, curb, govern, hold, inhibit, regulate, rein (in), restrain, smother, tame

2 to find emotional release for

tried to find other ways of releasing tension than by chewing her fingernails

Synonyms of release

loose, take out, unleash, vent

Words Related to release

air, express, state, ventilate, voice

Phrases Synonymous with release

Near Antonyms of release

control, govern, handle, manage

bridle, check, constrain, contain, curb, hold back, pull in, quell, rein (in), restrain, smother, tame

allay, lull, quiet, soothe, still

choke, inhibit, muffle, pocket, repress, stifle, strangle, swallow

Antonyms of release

bottle (up), repress, suppress

3 to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

release the prisoners immediately

Synonyms of release

discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

Words Related to release

bail (out), deliver, parole, ransom, redeem, rescue, save

adrift, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate

Phrases Synonymous with release

Near Antonyms of release

handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

commit, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up)

conquer, enslave, subdue, subjugate

Antonyms of release

bind, confine, enchain, fetter, restrain

4 to set free from entanglement or difficulty

the new governor finally managed to release himself from his rash campaign promise

Synonyms of release

clear, disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, extricate, free, liberate, untangle

Words Related to release

deliver, redeem, rescue, save

disburden, disencumber, unburden

unravel, unsnarl, untie, untwine

Phrases Synonymous with release

Near Antonyms of release

block, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct

burden, encumber, load, weigh

Antonyms of release

embroil, entangle

5 to throw or give off

an air freshener that releases a pleasing scent into the room

Synonyms of release

cast, discharge, emanate, emit, evolve, exhale, expel, expire [archaic], give out, irradiate, issue, radiate, send (out), shoot, throw out, vent

Words Related to release

eliminate, evacuate, excrete, exude, ooze, secrete

eject, erupt, gush, jet, outpour, pour, spew, spout, spray, spurt, squirt

Near Antonyms of release

absorb, inhale, soak (up), sponge, suck (up), take up

6 to make known openly or publicly

the panel of nutritionists released their findings on the safety and effectiveness of various diets

Synonyms of release

advertise, announce, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, declare, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, sound, trumpet

Words Related to release

bark, call (off or out), cry

bill, billboard, bulletin, gazette [chiefly British]

knell, ring, toll

blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff

disseminate, spread

disclose, divulge, introduce, kithe [chiefly Scottish], manifest, report, reveal, show

advise, apprise, hand down, inform, notify

communicate, impart, intimate

Phrases Synonymous with release

beat the drum (for or about), run with

Near Antonyms of release

conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withhold

recall, recant, retract, revoke

7 to let go from office, service, or employment

they released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology

Synonyms of release

ax (or axe), bounce, can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, pink-slip, remove, retire, sack, terminate, turn off

Words Related to release

downsize, excess, furlough, lay off, trim

boot (out), chuck (out), drum (out), kick out, throw out, unseat

Phrases Synonymous with release

send packing, show the door (one)

Near Antonyms of release

reemploy, rehire

contract, subcontract

Antonyms of release

employ, engage, hire, retain, sign (up or on), take on

Synonym Discussion of release

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

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