releasing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb release, as from one's grip
   release; relinquish; let go; let go of.
   
   • Let go of the door handle, please!
   • relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall
2. verb grant freedom to; free from confinement
   unloosen; unloose; loose; free; release; liberate.
   
3. verb let (something) fall or spill from a container
   release; turn.
   
   • turn the flour onto a plate
4. verb prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
   bring out; release; issue; put out; publish.
   
   • publish a magazine or newspaper
5. verb eliminate (a substance)
   release; exhaust; expel; eject; discharge.
   
   • combustion products are exhausted in the engine
   • the plant releases a gas
6. verb generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
   release; secrete.
   
   • secrete digestive juices
   • release a hormone into the blood stream
7. verb make (information) available for publication
   release; free.
   
   • release the list with the names of the prisoners
8. verb part with a possession or right
   release; relinquish; give up; free; resign.
   
   • I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
   • resign a claim to the throne
9. verb release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
   release; liberate; free.
   
10. verb make (assets) available
    release; unblock; unfreeze; free.
    
    • release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
11. adjective satellite emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
    cathartic.
    

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