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Definition of releasing : of Release

Synonyms:

psychotherapeutic, cathartic, emotional, purgative, evacuant

unfettering, easing, unleashing, untying, disentwining, unchaining, disentangling, disencumbering

acquitting, pardoning, discharging, forgiving, exculpating, excusing, vindicating, freeing, exonerating, liberating, absolving, clearing, defraying

dismissing, casting off, jettisoning, disposing, letting go, leaving, ridding, parting with, discarding, dispelling, rejecting, venting, canceling, dropping, relegating

disjoining, breaking, loosening, dispersing, diverging, unbinding, detaching, disconnecting, unfastening

disowning, quitting, abdicating, shedding, surrendering, relinquishing, disclaiming, giving up, waiving, capitulating, forgoing, renouncing, vacating, deserting, resigning, withdrawing, defecting, abandoning, forsaking

opening, undoing, baring, unsealing, uncorking, exposing, disclosing, unplugging, revealing, unlocking

relieving, permitting, reprieving, staying, licensing, privileging, exempting, excepting

blessing, approving, sanctioning, condoning, letting, consenting, authorizing, enfranchising, conceding, allowing, tolerating

disengaging, letting loose, setting free, emancipating, delivering

slackening

Usage examples:

• " It's a man," retorted Ralph, without releasing his hold. - "In the Brooding Wild", Ridgwell Cullum.
• He did not succeed in releasing himself; he only increased the hurtling waves of pain in his head. - "A Man and His Money", Frederic Stewart Isham.
• Archie asked as if he considered my plan to be of little importance so far as the work of releasing Silas was concerned. - "The Minute Boys of Boston", James Otis.