Word RELEASE: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

release

🇺🇸 [rɪˈliːs]

Meanings

To allow something to come out, or to set free from confinement or control. Release can refer to the act of making something available, such as information, a product, or a person. It can also mean letting go of emotions or stress.

Examples

• The company plans to release a new product next month.
• He needed to release his anger in a healthy way.
• They will release the prisoner after he serves his sentence.

Synonyms

discharge • free • unleash

Antonyms

hold • retain • trap