release
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
Other meanings
The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
“The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "relaisser".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “release” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.