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release
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of RELEASE
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a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege <we had to sign a liability release before they'd let us go rock climbing on their property>
Related Words dispensation, exemption, indemnity; abdication, relinquishment, renouncement; handover, renunciation, surrender
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a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest <a press release announcing that the governor would not run for a second term>
Synonyms ad, advert [chiefly British], advertisement, bulletin, communiqué, notice, notification, posting, release
Related Words broadside, brochure, circular, flyer (also flier), fly sheet, gazette [British], handbill, handout; bill, billboard, placard, playbill, poster, show bill, sign; broadcast, cablecast, newscast, telecast; advertising, billing, blurb, come-on, commercial, message, pitch, plugola, spot, word; communication, dispatch, report; annunciation, declaration, edict, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, rescript, signification; ballyhoo, boost, buildup, campaign, plug, promo, promotion, propaganda, publicity
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reduction of or freedom from pain <only sleep offered any release from the agony of the migraine>
Related Words appeasement, assuagement, decrease, diminishment, mitigation, moderation, mollification; calming, salving, soothing
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