Release (Noun)

Meaning ¹

A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Synonyms

• Acquittance

Hypernyms

• Legal Document
• Instrument
• Official Document

Related Words

• Release (verb)

Meaning ²

Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Vent
• Outlet

Meaning ³

An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation.

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Synonyms

• Handout
• Press Release

Hypernyms

• Announcement
• Promulgation

Meaning ⁴

The act of allowing a fluid to escape.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Spill
• Spillage

Hypernyms

• Flow
• Stream

Related Words

• Release (verb)

Meaning ⁵

The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Dismission
• Firing
• Dismissal
• Liberation
• Sacking
• Discharge
• Sack

Hypernyms

• Conclusion
• Termination
• Ending

Hyponyms

• Dishonorable Discharge
• Honorable Discharge
• Superannuation
• Conge
• Removal
• Congee
• Deactivation
• Section Eight
• Inactivation

Meaning ⁶

A formal written statement of relinquishment.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Waiver
• Discharge

Hypernyms

• Relinquishing

Hyponyms

• Granting Immunity
• Immunity

Related Words

• Release (verb)

Meaning ⁷

(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Tone Ending

Hypernyms

• Conclusion
• Ending

Hyponyms

• Explosion

Meaning ⁸

Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra".

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Hypernyms

• Product
• Ware

Related Words

• Release (verb)

Meaning ⁹

A process that liberates or discharges something; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland".

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Hypernyms

• Activity
• Natural Action
• Action

Related Words

• Release (verb)

Meaning ¹⁰

Euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing".

Classification

Nouns denoting natural events.

Usages

• Euphemism

Synonyms

• Exit
• Departure
• Expiration
• Loss
• Passing
• Going

Hypernyms

• Expiry
• Death
• Decease

Meaning ¹¹

A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Synonyms

• Button

Meaning ¹²

The act of liberating someone or something.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Freeing
• Liberation

Hypernyms

• Accomplishment

Hyponyms

• Emancipation
• Clearing
• Relief
• Deregulation
• Unsnarling
• Disentanglement
• Extrication
• Manumission
• Jail Delivery
• Parole
• Probation

Related Words

• Release (verb)