What is the meaning of released?

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"
  • Grant freedom to; free from confinement.
  • Let (something) fall or spill from a container.
    • usage: "turn the flour onto a plate"
  • Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale.
    • usage: "publish a magazine or newspaper"
  • Eliminate (a substance. )
    • usage: "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
  • Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids.
    • usage: "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
  • Make (information) available for publication.
    • usage: "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
  • Part with a possession or right.
    • usage: "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
  • 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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