releasing
Setting something free
Releasing is letting something go or making it available.
You release a prisoner from custody, release a grip on someone's arm, release information to the press, or release a film to theaters.
The word implies that something was previously held, contained, or restricted: The label is releasing her new album next month.
A press release announces news; a release form waives liability.
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- freeingReleasing from confinement
- letting goReleasing one's grasp
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
deliverance · unbinding · unshackling · unfettering · escape · parole · amnesty · absolution
Letting something fall
- letting goReleasing one's grasp
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
- unlockingReleasing a secured closure
- unclaspingOpening a grip
unclenching · untying · unfastening · unbuckling · trigger · lever · mechanism · spring
Releasing emotion verbally
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- cryingEmotional tear release
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- expressingCommunicating thoughts outwardly
processing · unbottling · outpouring · purging · healing · therapy · breakthrough · relief
Discharged substance or act
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- secretionSubstance released by glands
- excretionRemoval of metabolic waste
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
dispersal · leakage · outgassing · evaporation · hormones · endorphins · neurotransmitters · pheromones
Issued written material
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- launchSet into motion
- rolloutStaged public introduction
- debutFirst public appearance
premiere · announcement · issuing · circulation · drop · unveiling · album drop · edition
liberation
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- freeingReleasing from confinement
- letting goReleasing one's grasp
discharge · deliverance · unbinding · unshackling · unfettering · escape · parole · amnesty · absolution · acquittal
dropping
Letting something fall
- letting goReleasing one's grasp
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
- unlockingReleasing a secured closure
unclasping · unclenching · untying · unfastening · unbuckling · trigger · lever · mechanism · spring · latch
venting
Releasing emotion verbally
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- cryingEmotional tear release
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
expressing · processing · unbottling · outpouring · purging · healing · therapy · breakthrough · relief · stress relief
emission
Discharged substance or act
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- secretionSubstance released by glands
- excretionRemoval of metabolic waste
diffusion · dispersal · leakage · outgassing · evaporation · hormones · endorphins · neurotransmitters · pheromones · toxins
publication
Issued written material
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- launchSet into motion
- rolloutStaged public introduction
debut · premiere · announcement · issuing · circulation · drop · unveiling · album drop · edition · version
- disconnectingdetaching, disconnect, disengaging, detach, disconnecting
- letting outrenting, subletting, leasing, emitting, screaming
- motor controlmuscle control, hand control, coordination, fine motor skills, gross motor skills
- lettingallowing, permitting, granting, authorizing, renting
- disclosurerevealing, disclosing, disclosure, disclose, divulge
- disseminatingspreading, sharing, broadcasting, publishing, circulating
releasingimprisoning
Confining in custody
incarcerating · confining · arresting · detaining · capturing
releasingwithholding
Keeping from another
suppressing · shelving · holding back · censoring · concealing
- releasing the krakenDeploying a legendary sea monster
- releasing dovesFreeing symbolic white birds
- releasing balloonsLetting inflated spheres float