release
/ɹəˈliːs/ noun A2- The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
- 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.
- That which is released, untied or let go. · They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.
- The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
- Liberation from pain or suffering.
- The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
- The act or manner of ending a sound.
Plural releases
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He, who for so long a time had forgotten God, began to think that miracles were possible—that the accursed cavern might be discovered by the officers of the Papal States, who would release him; that then he would have 50,000 remaining, which would be sufficient to save him from starvation; and finally he prayed that this sum might be preserved to him, and as he prayed he wept.
“You know that I am as capable of managing a ship as the most experienced captain in the service; and it will be so far advantageous to you to accept my services, that upon Edmond’s release from prison no further change will be requisite on board the Pharaon than for Dantès and myself each to resume our respective posts.”
Their feet, however, became so smeared with the honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and were suffocated.
He flew around with a great whir of his wings and settled upon a large ram, with the intention of carrying him off, but his claws became entangled in the ram’s fleece and he was not able to release himself, although he fluttered with his feathers as much as he could.
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