What is the meaning of release?

noun

• Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film. )
  • usage: "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
• The act of liberating someone or something.
  • synonyms: liberation, freeing
• A process that liberates or discharges something.
  • usage: "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
• An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation.
  • synonyms: handout, press release
• The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart.
  • synonyms: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, sack, sacking
• Euphemistic expressions for death.
  • usage: "thousands mourned his passing"
  • synonyms: passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going
• A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation.
  • synonyms: acquittance
• A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism.
  • synonyms: button
• Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion.
  • usage: "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"
  • synonyms: outlet, vent
• The act of allowing a fluid to escape.
  • synonyms: spill, spillage
• A formal written statement of relinquishment.
  • synonyms: waiver, discharge
• Music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone.
  • synonyms: tone ending

verb

• Release, as from one's grip.
  • usage: "Let go of the door handle, please"; "relinquish your grip on the rope-you won't fall"
  • synonyms: let go of, let go, relinquish
• Grant freedom to; free from confinement.
  • synonyms: free, liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose
• Let (something) fall or spill from a container.
  • usage: "turn the flour onto a plate"
  • synonyms: turn
• Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale.
  • usage: "publish a magazine or newspaper"
  • synonyms: publish, bring out, put out, issue
• Eliminate (a substance. )
  • usage: "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
  • synonyms: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject
• Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids.
  • usage: "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
  • synonyms: secrete
• Make (information) available for publication.
  • usage: "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
  • synonyms: free
• 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: relinquish, resign, free, give up
• Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition.
  • synonyms: free, liberate
• Make (assets) available.
  • usage: "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
  • synonyms: unblock, unfreeze, free