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release [ree-lees]

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Main Entry:	release [ree-lees] Show IPA/riˈlis/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	delivery; dispensation
Synonyms:	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
Antonyms:	check, collection, gathering, hold

Main Entry:	release
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	let go, let out
Synonyms:	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
Antonyms:	collect, gather, hold, keep, maintain

Main Entry:	absolution
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	forgiveness
Synonyms:	acquittal, amnesty, compurgation, exculpation, forgiveness, mercy, pardon, release

Example Sentences

When the tissue comes in contact with a person's skin, body heat activates the formula to release a cool sensation.

It was only one week after the release of the peripheral that a driver was developed for a contest.

There are rumours of an imminent release of political prisoners.

When the tissue comes in contact with a person's skin, body heat activates the formula to release a cool sensation.

It was only one week after the release of the peripheral that a driver was developed for a contest.

There are rumours of an imminent release of political prisoners.

It would simply be an impossibility to acquire release forms.

Companies are damned if they release information and damned if they work to keep it secure.

Occasionally, the public is also invited to witness the release of a rehabilitated animal.

When you release a box of ladybugs, they usually fly away.

However, the billing department should not have released the information it did release.

So even though the planet is absorbing lots of sunlight on the summer solstice, it takes several weeks to release it.

Global warming will disrupt the release of chemicals that plants use to communicate.

But that costume was done by thousands of little girls around the movie's mid-90s release.

Then run your thumb down the opening to release the peas.

The animals learned to release a lever when a spot on a computer screen turned from red to green.

When the lines are sunk deeper, or when special hooks are used that can release bycatch, the environmental impact eases.

Like phase changes, chemical reactions can occur with the application or release of heat.

When new growth starts in spring, feed it with controlled release fertilizer.

Researchers have also had evidence that in rats, estrogen seems to trigger a release of dopamine.

They pop up again when you release two toggle-and-loop closures.

In addition, photons from helium date to an age before the release of the microwave background.

One method is to press and release a hop flower to see if it will spring back after compressing.

Some even work in a round-about way by causing pain, which makes the brain release pain-killing endorphins.

Slip a thin spatula under garlic to release from pan.

Even use heat to help the muscle release the lactic acid.

With a hammer or stick, tap along the edge band to release air bubbles.

So the researchers used the endorphins' pain relief to determine if laughter causes an endorphin release.

The idea is that the bees will eat through this candy plug in a few days and release her.

Carpal tunnel release is surgery to treat carpal tunnel syndrome.

McCallum, has refused to resign, despite calls for his ouster following the release of an.

Two out of three re-offend within two years of release.

Smithsonian does not sell, exchange, or release your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

All other plant essential elements are primarily bound in the organic fraction and will thus be subject to slow release over.

Male mosquitoes genetically engineered to produce offspring that die in the larval stage are nearing a release into the wild.

The release of medical records is common practice for.

Another course release seems the only logical way to reduce my time commitments.

The case attracted great publicity, with many activists and intellectuals agitating for the two men's release.

How fast these bones move toward home plate then determines the release velocity of the baseball.

When you cut them, the stems release essential oils, which immediately perfume the.

For each kite, winches release a pair of high-resistance cables to control direction and angle.

The university claims in a press release this week that it has.

Yet last week's statistics were accompanied only by a low-key press release and almost no media coverage.

Soil microbes may release even more greenhouse gases.

As the synthetic materials in the suit deteriorate, they release hydrochloric acid.

As for anything else on the team's release slate, well, you might have to pry it away from your hypothetical children.

Stars shine by nuclear fusion-the merging of light atomic nuclei to release energy.

But beans are notoriously hard to digest, failing to freely release many of their nutrients in the gut.

CO2 levels rise when the planet warms, due to increased vegetation, and release from the oceans.

Instead of cherry tomatoes, you can use larger tomatoes cut into pieces so they cook quickly and release their juices to form.

But many economists may view this release as more disappointing than the previous month's figure.

Fracturing a deep shale layer one time to release natural gas might pose little risk.

It release us from the taboo against infinite possibilities.

These cells release serotonin into the limbic system in response to sensory-nerve stimulation.

Fires may boost the reflectivity of the ground, thereby counteracting the warming from the fire's release of greenhouse gases.

They have a press release here which is also where the image above is from.

Temperature that's warm enough to keep us comfortable will release the volatile oils in tender herb leaves.

The consequence of that release is stress-free mice.

Now an explosion at a nuclear power plant-and the release of radioactive material-has added.

That's because consuming food stimulates the release of dopamine, a chemical that tickles the pleasure centers of the brain.

Public access to government figures is certain to release economic value and encourage entrepreneurship.

The nymphs insert their mouthparts into a human's skin and release the bacteria while they are feeding.

When bumblebees vibrate flowers to release pollen, the corresponding buzz is quite loud.

These charges also accelerate and collide to release still more electrons, and so forth.

The walls, which absorb solar heat by day and release it at night, allow her to push.

In addition, music and rhythmic motion may encourage the brain to release opioids, chemicals related to pleasure and euphoria.

The reason for all these responses is the subconscious release of a stress hormone called adrenaline.

Cats breathe it in: there's speculation that they roll in catnip to bruise the leaves and release more of the fragrance.

The process usually begins with the release of chemicals such as histamine or leukotrienes.

But it seems likely that the biological function of neurogenesis is not to simply inhibit the release of dopamine.

If they are engineered to easily release their oil, would they not begin to release it into the ocean also.

In this way, they appear to be right, knowing their opponent cannot release the full side of their story.

Main Entry:	absolve
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	free from responsibility, duty
Synonyms:	acquit, bleach, blink at, clear, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, go easy on, launder, let off easy, let off the hook, let off, let up on, liberate, lifeboat, loose, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize, set free, spare, spring*, vindicate, whitewash, wink at, wipe it off, wipe the slate clean, write off
Notes:	one is absolved of blame or responsibility but is acquitted of a charge, usually a crime
Antonyms:	bind, blame, charge, condemn, convict, hold, impeach, incriminate, obligate, punish, sentence

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	acquit
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	announce removal of blame
Synonyms:	absolve, blink at, clear, deliver, discharge, disculpate, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, free, let go, let off, let off the hook, liberate, release, relieve, vindicate, whitewash, wink at, wipe off
Antonyms:	blame, censure, condemn, convict, damn, denounce, doom, sentence

Main Entry:	acquittal
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	declaration removing blame
Synonyms:	absolution, acquitting, amnesty, clearance, deliverance, discharge, discharging, dismissal, dismissing, exculpation, exemption, exoneration, freeing, letting off, liberation, pardon, release, releasing, relief from, reprieve, vindication
Antonyms:	blame, censure, conviction, denunciation, doom, sentence

Main Entry:	allow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	permit an action
Synonyms:	accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, be big, be game for, bear, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, free up, give a blank check, give carte blanche, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, grant permission, hear of, hold with, indulge, let, license, live with, oblige, okay, pass, pass on, put up with, recognize, release, sanction, sit still for, stand, suffer, support, take kindly to, tolerate, warrant
Antonyms:	deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand

Main Entry:	announce
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make a proclamation
Synonyms:	advertise, annunciate, blast, blazon, broadcast, call, communicate, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, drum, give out, impart, intimate, issue, make known, make public, pass the word, proclaim, promulgate, propound, publicize, publish, release, report, reveal, run off at mouth, sound off, spread around, state, tell, trumpet
Antonyms:	bottle up, conceal, keep secret, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold

Main Entry:	announcement
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	proclamation, declaration
Synonyms:	advertisement, advice, briefing, broadcast, broadcasting, bulletin, communication, communiqué, disclosure, dissemination, divulgence, edict, exposing, exposition, expression, intimation, message, narration, news, notice, notification, prediction, promulgation, publication, publishing, recitation, release, report, reporting, revelation, statement

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