1. [n]  the act of liberating someone or something
2. [n]  (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
3. [n]  a formal written statement of relinquishment
4. [n]  the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
5. [n]  the act of allowing a fluid to escape
6. [n]  activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"
7. [n]  merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
8. [n]  a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
9. [n]  an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
10. [n]  euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
11. [n]  a process that liberates or discharges something; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
12. [v]  generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"
13. [v]  eliminate, as of bodily substances
14. [v]  make available, as of assets; or free for sale or publication
15. [v]  prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"
16. [v]  let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"
17. [v]  release, as from one's hands; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
18. [v]  part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
19. [v]  grant freedom to; free from confinement
20. [v]  make available or free for sale or publication

Release
What are the signs and symptoms of inherited or internalized suffering? What are the avenues, the ways of release and healing from these burdens? How can we pray for communities -- families, churches, workplaces, nations, ethnic groups -- that have unhealed wounds and burdens?Release offers practical help to the reader through Christ-centered reflection, prayer, and biblically based meditations.

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1. \Re*lease"\, n.
   1. (Mach.) A device adapted to hold or release a device or
      mechanism as required; specif.: (Elec.) A catch on a
      motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the
      rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in
      the field circuit; also, the catch on an electromagnetic
      circuit breaker for a motor, which acts in case of an
      overload.
   2. (Phon.) The act or manner of ending a sound.
   3. (Railroads) In the block-signaling system, a printed card
      conveying information and instructions to be used at
      intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
   

2. \Re*lease"\ (r?-l?s"), v. t. [Pref. re + lease to let.]
   To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
   

3. \Re*lease"\ (r?-l?s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Released}
   (r?*l?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Releasing}.] [OE. relessen, OF.
   relassier, to release, to let free. See {Relay}, n., {Relax},
   and cf. {Release} to lease again.]
   1. To let loose again; to set free from restraint,
      confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set
      at liberty; to let go.
            Now at that feast he released unto them one
            prisoner, whomsoever they desired.    --Mark xv. 6.
   2. To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or
      oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
   3. (Law) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or
      relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying
      to another who has some right or estate in possession, as
      when the person in remainder releases his right to the
      tenant in possession; to quit.
   4. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to
      release an ordinance. [Obs.] --Hooker.
            A sacred vow that none should aye release.
                                                  --Spenser.
   Syn: To free; liberate; loose; discharge; disengage;
        extricate; let go; quit; acquit.
   

4. \Re*lease"\, n.
   1. The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being
      let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint
      of any kind, as from confinement or bondage. ``Who
      boast'st release from hell.'' --Milton.
   2. Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
   3. Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt,
      penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
   4. (Law) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or
      claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements
      to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
      --Blackstone.
   5. (Steam Engine) The act of opening the exhaust port to
      allow the steam to escape.
   {Lease and release}. (Law) See under {Lease}.
   {Out of release}, without cessation. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   Syn: Liberation; freedom; discharge. See {Death}.
   

(Or "released version", "baseline") A version of a piece of software which has been made public (as opposed to a version that is in development, or otherwise unreleased).

A release is either a major release, a revision, or a bugfix.

Pre-release versions may be called alpha test, or beta test versions.

See change management.