Definition of releasing
adjective:
- emotionally purging (of e.g. art). Synonyms: cathartic.
verb:
- release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!", "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall". Synonyms: let go, let go of, release, relinquish. Antonyms: hold.
- grant freedom to; free from confinement. Synonyms: free, liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen. Antonyms: confine.
- let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate". Synonyms: release, turn.
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper". Synonyms: bring out, issue, publish, put out, release.
- eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine", "the plant releases a gas". Synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release.
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices", "release a hormone into the blood stream". Synonyms: release, secrete.
- make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners". Synonyms: free, release.
- part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest", "resign a claim to the throne". Synonyms: free, give up, release, relinquish, resign.
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition. Synonyms: free, liberate, release.
- make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account". Synonyms: free, release, unblock, unfreeze. Antonyms: block, freeze.
Related words
abort, bail, bleed, blow, breathe, declassify, deflate, derequisition, discharge, disengage, edit, egest, ejaculate, eliminate, emit, eruct, excrete, expectorate, fester, give, hemorrhage, loose, maturate, ovulate, parole, pass, pop, run, sacrifice, spew, suppurate, throw, toggle, unchain, unclasp, unhand, unleash, unspell, water, withdraw.
Rhymes with
decreasing, increasing, unceasing.
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