Meaning Of The Word Release

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What's The Definition Of Release?

release
If a person or animal is released from somewhere where they have been locked up or looked after, they are set free or allowed to go.
countable noun: When someone is released, you refer to their release.
verb: If someone or something releases you from a duty, task, or feeling, they free you from it.

release in American English
to set free, as from confinement, duty, work, etc.
noun: a freeing or releasing from confinement, obligation, pain, emotional strain, etc.
transitive verb: to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go

release in British English
to free (a person, animal, etc) from captivity or imprisonment
noun: the act of freeing or state of being freed, as from captivity, imprisonment, duty, pain, life, etc

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