Details of word RELEASE

Definition of release

v. t. - To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
n. - To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go.
n. - To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
n. - 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.
n. - To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.
n. - The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.
n. - Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
n. - Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
n. - A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
n. - The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
n. - A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required;
n. - A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit; also, the catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, which acts in case of an overload.
n. - The act or manner of ending a sound.
n. - In the block-signaling system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.

Word "release" contains 7 letters : A E E E L R S

Anagrams for release

Word release has no exact anagram.

Sub-words / Unscramble words / words found within release

Parent words for release


Words starting with release

Words ending with release

Words containing release

Hook words (formed by adding one letter) for release


The words in bold in above lists are commonly used english words.

Related word lists for release


Go to top