RELEASES
Noun
releases
plural of release
Verb
releases
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of release
Source: Wiktionary
RELEASE
Re*lease" (r-ls"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re + lease to let.]
Definition: To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
Re*lease" (r-ls"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Released (r*lst"); p. pr. &
vb. n. Releasing.] Etym: [OE. relessen, OF. relassier, to release, to
let free. See Relay, n., Relax, and cf. Release to lease again.]
1. 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. Mark xv. 6.
2. To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as
from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
3. (Law)
Definition: 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.
4. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release
an ordinance. [Obs.] Hooker.
A sacred vow that none should aye Spenser.
Syn.
– To free; liberate; loose; discharge; disengage; extracate; let
go; quit; acquit.
Re*lease", n.
1. The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let
loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind,
as from confinement or bondage. "Who boast'st release from hell."
Milton.
2. Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
3. Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt,
penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
4. (Law)
Definition: A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a
conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has
some estate in possession; a quitclaim. Blackstone.
5. (Steam Engine)
Definition: The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to
escape. Lease and release. (Law) See under Lease.
– Out of release, without cessation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Syn.
– Liberation; freedom; discharge. See Death.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition