releasing

1. release, as from one's gripExamples: "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"Synonyms: let go, let go of, release, relinquishAntonyms: hold

2. grant freedom to; free from confinementSynonyms: free, liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosenAntonyms: confine

3. let (something) fall or spill from a containerExamples: "turn the flour onto a plate"Synonyms: release, turn

4. prepare and issue for public distribution or saleExamples: "publish a magazine or newspaper"Synonyms: bring out, issue, publish, put out, release

5. eliminate (a substance)Examples: "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"Synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release

6. generate and separate from cells or bodily fluidsExamples: "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"Synonyms: release, secrete