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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
release
/ɹɪˈliːs/
verb1 of 2
to allow to leave jail, cage, prison, etc.
- “The names of those who died have not been released.”Tatoeba
- “The artist released her works into the public domain.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)