release

verb

• 1allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free:the government announced that the prisoners would be released

• 2allow (something) to move, act, or flow freely:she released his arm and pushed him aside growth hormone is released into the blood during sleep
• remove restrictions or obligations from (someone or something) so that they become available for other activity:the strategy would release forces for service in other areas
• remove (part of a machine or appliance) from a fixed position, allowing something else to move or function:he released the handbrake
• allow (something) to return to its resting position by ceasing to put pressure on it:press the cap down and release

• 3allow (information) to be generally available:no details about the talks were released
• make (a film, recording, or other product) available to the public:they released a flurry of great singles

• 4 Law remit or discharge (a debt): the amounts which later become due are consequent on the debt that is being released
• surrender (a right): a parent released and assigned a right to income
• make over (property or money) to another: compensation for the cost of rebuilding is only released when work begins

noun

• 1the action or process of releasing or being released:a campaign by the prisoner’s mother resulted in his release
• [count noun] a handle or catch that releases part of a mechanism.

• 2the action of making a film, recording, or other product available to the public:the movie will be on release from Christmas
• [count noun] a film or other product made available to the public:his current album release has topped the charts for six months

• 3 Law the action of releasing property, money, or a right to another.
• [count noun] a document effecting a release of property, money, etc..