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release
Synonyms and Antonyms of release
1
a freeing from an obligation or responsibility
2
a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege
3
a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest
ad, advert [chiefly British], advertisement, announcement, bulletin, communiqué, notice, notification, posting
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
release
Synonyms and Antonyms of release
1
to set free (from a state of being held in check)
let go
2
to find emotional release for
give way (to)
3
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
turn loose
4
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
cut loose
5
to throw or give off
6
to make known openly or publicly
beat the drum (for or about), run with
7
to let go from office, service, or employment
send packing, show the door (one)
Synonym Discussion of release
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- freed the animals from their cages
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- released his anger on a punching bag
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- liberated their country from the tyrant
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- labor-saving devices emancipated us from household drudgery
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- the document manumitted the slaves
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