| acquit | release, free, discharge |
| bail | security for release, guarantee of freedom |
| bail | obtain release for, give freedom to |
| Barrabas | in the Bible, a robber released instead of Christ at the Passover |
| bite one's thumb | [gesture of insult or defiance] insert the thumb nail into the mouth, making it click againt the upper teeth upon release |
| cast | dismiss, discharge, release |
| deliver | free, release, liberate |
| delivery | release, deliverance, freedom |
| discharge | release from service, let go, dismiss |
| discharge | payment, settlement, release from all liability |
| dissolve | loosen, release, set free |
| enfranchisement | freedom, liberation, release |
| enfreed | liberated, released |
| enlarge | release, set at large, discharge |
| enlargement | release, liberation, freeing |
| loose | release, let out, set free |
| loose | [archery] moment of release, crucial point |
| make | [unclear meaning] avoid, beware; or: let go, release |
| new-delivered | lately freed, freshly released |
| Perseus | son of Zeus and Danae; advised by Athene to look at the reflection in his shield when cutting off Medusa's head, thereby avoiding being turned to stone; associated with the winged horse released by her death |
| quietus | discharge, clearing of accounts, release |
| quit | release from service, let go |
| quit | remit, release from |
| quittance | document certifying a release from debt, receipt of discharge |
| redemption | ransom, means of release [from debt] |
| release | give up, hand over, transfer |
| unbent | [archery] not bent, not prepared to release an arrow |
| uncouple | release pairs of hunting dogs for the chase |
| unfolding | rising, morning [telling the shepherd that it is time to release his sheep from the fold] |