release
Noun
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is a type of: accomplishment, achievement - the action of accomplishing somethingsubtypes:
- jail delivery - the use of force to liberate prisoners
- deregulating, deregulation - the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)
- relief - the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
- disentanglement, extrication, unsnarling, untangling - the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
- emancipation - freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
- clearing - the act of freeing from suspicion
- manumission - the formal act of freeing from slavery
- parole - (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with
- probation - (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court
same as: freeing, liberation -
is a type of: action, activity, natural action, natural process - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)subtypes: emission - the release of electrons from parent atoms
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is a type of: announcement, promulgation - a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happensame as: handout, press release
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subtypes:
- superannuation - the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension)
- conge, congee - an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal
- removal - dismissal from office
- deactivation, inactivation - breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
- honorable discharge - a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record
- dishonorable discharge - a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder)
- section eight - a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable
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domain usage: euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
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referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authorityis a type of: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some rightsame as: acquittance
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is a type of: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purposesame as: button
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is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
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is a type of: relinquishing, relinquishment - the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.
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referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous mannersubtypes: explosion, plosion - the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonantsame as: tone ending
Verb
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subtypes:
- discharge, muster out - release from military service
- unclasp - release from a clasp
- pop - release suddenly
- toggle - release by a toggle switch
- unhand - remove the hand from
- bring out, let out - bring out of a specific state
- unleash - release or vent
- let loose, loose, unleash - turn loose or free from restraint
- unleash - release from a leash
- disengage, withdraw - release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
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subtypes:
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is a type of: channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport - send from one person or place to anothersame as: turn
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subtypes: edit - supervise the publication of
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subtypes:
- cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit out, spit up - discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
- blow - free of obstruction by blowing air through
- ejaculate - eject semen
- abort - terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
- ovulate - produce and discharge eggs
- egest, eliminate, excrete, pass - eliminate from the body
- bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood - lose blood from one's body
- eruct, spew, spew out - eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical
- fester, maturate, suppurate - ripen and generate pus
- breathe, emit, pass off - expel (gases or odors)
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is a type of: exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantitiessubtypes: water - secrete or form water, as tears or salivasame as: secrete
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subtypes: declassify - lift the restriction on and make available againsame as: free
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subtypes:
- derequisition - release from government control
- give, sacrifice - endure the loss of
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referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionsis a type of: bring forth, generate - bring into existence
Found on Word Lists
- Events ("What?")
- Nouns denoting acts or actions
- Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
- Nouns denoting man-made objects
- Nouns denoting natural events
- Nouns denoting natural proesses
- Specific
- Verbs of buying, selling, owning
- Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
- Verbs of political and social activities and events
- Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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