release

release [n1] delivery; dispensation absolution, acquittal, acquittance, charge, clemency, commute, deliverance, discharge, emancipation, exemption, exoneration, floater, freedom, freeing, let-off*, liberation, liberty, lifeboat, lifesaver, manumission, relief, spring, turnout, walkout; concepts 127,685 —Ant. check, collection, gathering, hold release [n2] publication announcement, flash*, handout, issue, leak, news, notice, offering, proclamation, propaganda, publicity, story; concepts 271,280 release [v] let go, let out absolve, acquit, bail out, cast loose, clear, commute, deliver, discharge, disengage, dispense, drop, emancipate, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, extricate, free, give off, give out, go easy on, issue, leak, let off, let off steam*, let up on*, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, open up, set at large, set free, set loose, spring, surrender, take out, turn loose, turn out, unbind, unchain, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unleash, unloose, unshackle, untie, vent, wipe slate clean*, yield; concepts 50,60,88, 127,143 —Ant. collect, gather, hold, keep, maintain