1. (v.t.)release to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go.
2. release to free from anything that restrains or fastens; loose.
3. release to allow to be known, issued, done, or exhibited: to release an article for publication.
4. release to relinquish or surrender (a legal right, claim, etc.).
5. (n.)release a freeing or releasing from confinement, obligation, pain, emotional strain, etc.
6. release liberation from anything that restrains or fastens.
7. release a device or agency that effects such liberation.
8. release a grant of permission, as to publish, use, or sell something.
9. release the releasing of something for publication, performance, use, exhibition, or sale.
10. release a film, book, record, etc., that is released.
11. release the surrender of a legal right or the like to another.
12. release a document embodying such a surrender.
13. release a control mechanism for starting or stopping a machine, esp. by removing some restrictive apparatus.
Etymology: (1935–40)
Definition of 'Release'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)release merchandise issued for sale or publicshowing (especially a record or film) "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
2. (noun)liberation, release, freeing the act of liberating someone or something
3. (noun)release a process that liberates or discharges something "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
4. (noun)handout, press release, release an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
5. (noun)dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
6. (noun)passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release euphemistic expressions for death "thousands mourned his passing"
7. (noun)acquittance, release a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
8. (noun)release, button a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
9. (noun)release, outlet, vent activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"
10. (noun)spill, spillage, release the act of allowing a fluid to escape
11. (noun)release, waiver, discharge a formal written statement of relinquishment
12. (verb)release, tone ending (music) the act or manner of terminating a musicalphrase or tone
13. (verb)let go of, let go, release, relinquish release, as from one's grip "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
15. (verb)turn, release let (something) fall or spill from a container "turn the flour onto a plate"
16. (verb)publish, bring out, put out, issue, release prepare and issue for public distribution or sale "publish a magazine or newspaper"
17. (verb)exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release eliminate (a substance) "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
18. (verb)secrete, release generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
19. (verb)free, release make (information) available for publication "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
20. (verb)release, relinquish, resign, free, give up part with a possession or right "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
21. (verb)release, free, liberate release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
22. (verb)unblock, unfreeze, free, release make (assets) available "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
9. release the action of allowing sth to come out of sth the release of toxic waste into the water supply
10. release a book, movie, etc. that has recently become available to the public, or the process of releasing one This week's new releases.; the release date for the book
11. release the act of allowing an emotion or feeling to go away a release of tension
Definition of 'Release'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Release to let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to giveliberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go
2. (noun)Release to relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty
3. (noun)Release 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
10. (verb)Release to lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back
Definition of 'Release'
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
1. Release In air armament, the intentional separation of a free-fall aircraft store, from its suspension equipment, for purposes of employment of the store.
Definitions of Release 
Afrikaans: vrystel
Arabic: يُطْلِق سَراح
Bulgarian: пускам
Brazilian: libertar
Czech: propustit; zprostit
German: entlassen
Danish: løslade; frigive; frigøre
Greek: ελευθερώνω, απαλλάσσω
Spanish: liberar
Estonian: vabastama
Farsi: رها کردن؛ آزاد کردن
Finnish: vapauttaa
French: libérer
Hebrew: לְשַחרֵר
Hindi: छोड़ना
Croatian: osloboditi, pustiti na sl
Hungarian: szabadon bocsát
Indonesian: membebaskan
Icelandic: sleppa, láta lausan
Italian: liberare, rilasciare
Japanese: 釈放する
Korean: 자유롭게 하다
Lithuanian: išleisti, atleisti
Latvian: atbrīvot
Malay: membebaskan
Dutch: vrijlaten
Norwegian: løslate, sette på frifot
Polish: uwolnić
Persian: رها کردن؛ آزاد کردن
Pashto: ايله كول پريښول، خوشى كول
Portuguese: libertar
Romanian: a elibera
Russian: освобождать
Slovak: prepustiť; zbaviť (čoho)
Slovenian: odpustiti
Serbian: osloboditi
Swedish: frige, befria
Thai: ปลดปล่อย
Turkish: serbest bırakmak
Taiwanese: 釋放
Ukrainian: звільняти, визволяти
Urdu: آزاد کرنا
Vietnamese: thả; giải thoát
Chinese: 释放
