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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ree-lees |
| Phonetic Transcription : riˈlis |
Définition of released
Origin :- c.1300, "to withdraw, revoke (a decree, etc.), cancel, lift; remit," from Old French relaissier, relesser "to relinquish, quit, let go, leave behind, abandon, acquit," variant of relacher "release, relax," from Latin relaxare "loosen, stretch out" (see relax). Cf. Spanish relajar, Italian relassare.
- Meaning "alleviate, ease" is mid-14c., as is sense of "free from (duty, etc.); exonerate." From late 14c. as "grant remission, forgive; set free from imprisonment, military service, etc." Also "give up, relinquish, surrender." In law, c.1400, "to grant a release of property." Of press reports, attested from 1904; of motion pictures, from 1912; of music recordings, from 1962. As a euphemism for "to dismiss, fire from a job" it is attested in American English since 1904. Related: Released; releasing.
- adj freed
- adj announced
- Stoliker stretched his arms wearily above his head when he was released.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- All our prisoners were released, and about thirty of the enemy taken.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- Had Rose not released him from his promise he would have kept it.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- He was heard again all of a sudden, as though he had released a catch in order to speak.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- At the expiration of this period, he was released by order of Parliament.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Some other novelty will spring up one day, and you will be released.
- Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
- It was the same boy who had been tied under the table, but he had been released for his lesson.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- When at last he was released, he was aged, broken, and in poverty.
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
- And what assurance then shall I have that the Marquis will be released?
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
- The Marquis, released from his confinement, was awaiting him.
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
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