noun
- The act of liberating someone or something.
- synonyms: liberation, release
verb
- Grant freedom to; free from confinement.
- Relieve from.
- usage: "Rid the house of pests"
- synonyms: rid, free, disembarrass
- Remove or force out from a position.
- usage: "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"
- Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to.
- usage: "She exempted me from the exam"
- Make (information) available for publication.
- usage: "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
- Free from obligations or duties.
- Free or remove obstruction from.
- usage: "free a path across the cluttered floor"
- Let off the hook.
- usage: "I absolve you from this responsibility"
- Part with a possession or right.
- usage: "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
- synonyms: release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
- Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition.
- Make (assets) available.
- usage: "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
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