release

re-lease · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To set free from confinement, restraint, or obligation.

  2. 2.

    To make available to the public; to issue or publish.

  3. 3.

    To let go of something that was being held.

  4. 4.

    (As noun) The act of releasing or the state of being released; a published product.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    press release — an official statement issued to journalists
  • •
    release date — the scheduled date for public availability
  • •
    on release — currently available or showing in cinemas

Related words

Antonyms: capture, detain, imprison, withhold
See also: free, freedom, liberate, publish
Synonyms: discharge, free, issue, liberate, publish

Etymology

From Old French relessier, from Latin relaxare ("to loosen, stretch out"), from re- ("back, again") + laxare ("to loosen"), from laxus ("loose, slack").