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verb

Release v. t. To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

Release v. t. (past & past part. released; pres. part. releasing)

To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go. "Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired."

To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.

(Law) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance. (Obs.) "A sacred vow that none should aye release."

Synonyms: To free; liberate; loose; discharge; disengage; extricate; let go; quit; acquit.

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"Releasing" Quotes from Famous Books

... The Skimmer, accompanied by his two silent but obedient seamen, ventured along the attenuated and submerged spars to the extremity of the tapering masts, and after toiling, with the dexterity of men accustomed to deal with the complicated machinery of a ship in the darkest nights, they succeeded in releasing the two smaller masts with their respective yards, and in floating them down to the body of the wreck, or the part around the top. Here the sticks were crossed in a manner to give great additional strength and footing to ...

— The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas • James Fenimore Cooper

... first person," Emily answered, quietly releasing her, "who has done wrong with the ...

— I Say No • Wilkie Collins

... from Abo," remarked the fellow, turning to Felix. "Exactly as I thought. You are the pair who bribed the nun at Kajana, and succeeded in releasing the Englishwoman. In the name of the Czar, I ...

— The Czar's Spy - The Mystery of a Silent Love • William Le Queux

... to the anchor, and held the ship to it. Cables are now chains, but in the period of this book were always hemp. To veer cable, to let more out, to let the ship go farther from the anchor. To slip the cable, to let it all go overboard, releasing the vessel. ...

— The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence • A. T. Mahan

... to decide in the first place what particular demon was working evil. He then compelled its attention and obedience by detailing its attributes and methods of attack, and perhaps by naming it. Thereafter he suggested how it should next act by releasing a raven, so that it might soar towards the clouds like that bird, or by offering up a sacrifice which it received for nourishment and as compensation. Another popular method was to fashion a waxen figure of the patient and prevail upon the disease demon to enter it. The figure was then carried ...

— Myths of Babylonia and Assyria • Donald A. Mackenzie

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