releasing

transitive verb | re·lease

1. a : to relieve or free from obligation, liability, or responsibility the debtor is released from all dischargeable debts

   b : to give up (a claim, title, or right) to the benefit of another person : surrender

2. : to set free from confinement was released on personal recognizance

noun

1. a : discharge from an obligation or responsibility that bars a cause of action did not effect a release of the school for any negligence

   b : the giving up or renunciation of a right or claim that bars a cause of action was a release of the remainder of the debt

   Note: A release may in some situations require consideration in order to be valid. A release of one joint obligor sometimes is considered to release all the obligors.

2. : an act or instrument that effects a release signed a release issued by the insurer — called also release of all claims; compare hold harmless

3. : the act or instance of freeing especially from custody