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as in delivery; dispensationas in publication
as in let go, let out

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releases

noun as in delivery; dispensation

Strongest matches

  • clemency
  • discharge

Strong matches

  • absolution
  • acquittal
  • acquittance
  • charge
  • commute
  • deliverance
  • emancipation
  • exemption
  • exoneration
  • floater
  • freedom
  • freeing
  • liberation
  • liberty
  • lifeboat
  • lifesaver
  • manumission
  • relief
  • spring
  • turnout
  • walkout

Weak match

  • let-off

noun as in publication

Strongest matches

  • announcement
  • issue
  • leak

Strong matches

  • flash
  • handout
  • news
  • notice
  • offering
  • proclamation
  • propaganda
  • publicity
  • story

verb as in let go, let out

Strongest matches

  • clear
  • deliver
  • discharge
  • drop
  • free
  • issue
  • leak
  • surrender

Strong matches

  • absolve
  • acquit
  • commute
  • disengage
  • dispense
  • emancipate
  • exculpate
  • excuse
  • exempt
  • exonerate
  • extricate
  • liberate
  • loose
  • loosen
  • manumit
  • spring
  • unbind
  • unchain
  • undo
  • unfasten
  • unleash
  • unloose
  • untie
  • vent
  • yield

Weak matches

  • bail out
  • cast loose
  • give off
  • give out
  • go easy on
  • let off
  • let off steam
  • let up on
  • open up
  • set at large
  • set free
  • set loose
  • take out
  • turn loose
  • turn out
  • unfetter
  • unshackle
  • wipe slate clean

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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