Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Release \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}.