Definition of release

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• release is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
• release is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
• release is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of release

• part with a possession or right (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. free
  2. give up
  3. relinquish
  4. resign
• let (something) fall or spill from a container (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. turn
• (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. tone ending
• a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. button
• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. outlet
  2. vent
• the act of liberating someone or something (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. freeing
  2. liberation
• grant freedom to; free from confinement (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. free
  2. liberate
  3. loose
  4. unloose
  5. unloosen
• make (assets) available (verb)

  Examples

  1. release the holdings in the dictator's bank account

  Synonyms

  1. free
  2. unblock
  3. unfreeze
• release, as from one's grip (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. let go
  2. let go of
  3. relinquish
• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. free
  2. liberate
• a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. acquittance
• the act of allowing a fluid to escape (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. spill
  2. spillage
• prepare and issue for public distribution or sale (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bring out
  2. issue
  3. publish
  4. put out
• eliminate (a substance) (verb)

  Examples

  1. the plant releases a gas

  Synonyms

  1. discharge
  2. eject
  3. exhaust
  4. expel
• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. discharge
  2. dismissal
  3. dismission
  4. firing
  5. liberation
  6. sack
  7. sacking
• make (information) available for publication (verb)

  Examples

  1. release the list with the names of the prisoners

  Synonyms

  1. free
• an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. handout
  2. press release
• euphemistic expressions for death (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. departure
  2. exit
  3. expiration
  4. going
  5. loss
  6. passing
• generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids (verb)

  Examples

  1. release a hormone into the blood stream

  Synonyms

  1. secrete
• a formal written statement of relinquishment (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. discharge
  2. waiver
• a process that liberates or discharges something (noun)

  Examples

  1. there was a sudden release of oxygen
  2. the release of iodine from the thyroid gland
• merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film) (noun)

  Examples

  1. a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra

See definition of release in Merriam Webster