cathartic, releasing
(adjective) emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
releasing
present participle of release
• Algerines, algerines, resealing
Source: Wiktionary
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
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
