release - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of liberating someone or something

Synonyms

• freeing
• liberation
• release

More generic

• accomplishment
• achievement

More specific

• clearing
• deregulating
• deregulation
• disentanglement
• emancipation
• extrication
• jail delivery
• manumission
• parole
• probation
• relief
• unsnarling
• untangling

Noun

(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone

Synonyms

• release
• tone ending

More generic

• conclusion
• ending
• termination

More specific

• explosion
• plosion

Noun

a formal written statement of relinquishment

Synonyms

• discharge
• release
• waiver

More generic

• relinquishing
• relinquishment

More specific

• exemption
• granting immunity
• immunity

Noun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Synonyms

• discharge
• dismissal
• dismission
• firing
• liberation
• release
• sack
• sacking

More generic

• conclusion
• ending
• termination

More specific

• Section Eight
• conge
• congee
• deactivation
• dishonorable discharge
• honorable discharge
• inactivation
• removal
• superannuation

Noun

the act of allowing a fluid to escape

Synonyms

• release
• spill
• spillage

More generic

• flow
• stream

Noun

activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

Synonyms

• outlet
• release
• vent

More generic

• activity

Noun

merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)

Synonyms

• release

More generic

• merchandise
• product
• ware

Noun

a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

Synonyms

• button
• release

More generic

• device

Noun

a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation

Synonyms

• acquittance
• release

More generic

• instrument
• legal document
• legal instrument
• official document

Noun

an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

Synonyms

• handout
• press release
• release

More generic

• announcement
• promulgation

Noun

euphemistic expressions for death

Synonyms

• departure
• exit
• expiration
• going
• loss
• passing
• release

More generic

• death
• decease
• expiry

Noun

a process that liberates or discharges something

Synonyms

• release

More generic

• action
• activity
• natural action
• natural process

More specific

• emission

Verb

generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

Synonyms

• release
• secrete

More generic

• exudate
• exude
• ooze
• ooze out
• transude

More specific

• water

Verb

eliminate (a substance)

Synonyms

• discharge
• eject
• exhaust
• expel
• release

More specific

• abort
• bleed
• blow
• breathe
• cough out
• cough up
• egest
• ejaculate
• eliminate
• emit
• eruct
• excrete
• expectorate
• fester
• hemorrhage
• maturate
• ovulate
• pass
• pass off
• shed blood
• spew
• spew out
• spit out
• spit up
• suppurate

Verb

make (assets) available

Synonyms

• free
• release
• unblock
• unfreeze

More generic

• issue
• supply

Verb

prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

Synonyms

• bring out
• issue
• publish
• put out
• release

More generic

• air
• bare
• publicise
• publicize

More specific

• edit

Verb

let (something) fall or spill from a container

Synonyms

• release
• turn

More generic

• channel
• channelise
• channelize
• transfer
• transmit
• transport

More specific

• deflate
• throw

Verb

release, as from one's grip

Synonyms

• let go
• let go of
• release
• relinquish

More specific

• bring out
• discharge
• disengage
• let loose
• let out
• loose
• muster out
• pop
• toggle
• unclasp
• unhand
• unleash
• withdraw

Verb

release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

Synonyms

• free
• liberate
• release

More generic

• bring forth
• generate

Verb

part with a possession or right

Synonyms

• free
• give up
• release
• relinquish
• resign

More generic

• give
• hand
• pass
• pass on
• reach
• turn over

More specific

• derequisition
• give
• sacrifice

Verb

grant freedom to; free from confinement

Synonyms

• free
• liberate
• loose
• release
• unloose
• unloosen

More specific

• bail
• bail out
• parole
• run
• unchain
• unspell

Verb

make (information) available for publication

Synonyms

• free
• release

More generic

• issue
• supply

More specific

• declassify

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