The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain. / To make available to the public. / To free or liberate; to set free. / To discharge. / (telephony) (of a call) To hang up.

(transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

plural of release

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of release

simple past tense and past participle of release

Anything that releases something. / Alternative form of releasor

plural of releaser

(now rare) Release; the act of releasing or letting something go.

plural of releasement