adjective
emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
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verb
release, as from one's grip
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- Let go of the door handle, please!
- relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall
verb
grant freedom to
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- free from confinement
verb
let (something) fall or spill from a container
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- turn the flour onto a plate
verb
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
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- publish a magazine or newspaper
verb
eliminate (a substance)
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- combustion products are exhausted in the engine
- the plant releases a gas
verb
generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
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- secrete digestive juices
- release a hormone into the blood stream
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make (information) available for publication
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- release the list with the names of the prisoners
verb
part with a possession or right
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- I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
- resign a claim to the throne
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release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
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make (assets) available
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- release the holdings in the dictator's bank account