a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable) | activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion |
a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions | the act of liberating someone or something |
any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
| the act of allowing a fluid to escape |
| a formal written statement of relinquishment |
| (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone |
| merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film) |
| a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism |
| an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation |
| a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation |
| euphemistic expressions for death |
| a process that liberates or discharges something |