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releasement en · NOUN

Etymology

From release + -ment.

Meanings

1. (archaic) Release; the act of releasing or letting something go.
   • [T]he conquering Don, seizing the fragments of the weapon of his vanquished enemy, went out in search of the lady for whose releasement he had fought […]. 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.ii.3:
   • St. Eulogius himself was obliged by the persecutors to live always, after his releasement, with the treacherous bishop Reccafred, that wolf in sheep's clothing. 1895, Alban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints:
   • Immediately upon getting this information I dispatch'd Mr. Hicks away in the Long boat with a strong party of men to rescue them but before he went Tootaha and the other Chiefs was made to understand that they must send some of their People with Mr. Hicks to shew him the place where our men were, and at the same time to send orders for their immediate releasement […]. 1893, James Cook, Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World:
   • On his releasement from prison, he learned that the beloved cause of his persecution had been forced to marry a nobleman, whose name he could not discover, but who had carried her to his castle near Bristol. 1824, Robert Kerr, A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. II:

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