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releasement|rɪˈliːsmənt|
[release v.1]
1. The act of releasing, or the fact of being released, from prison, obligation, debt, trouble, etc. (Very common c 1550–1800.)
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Acts viii. 36 No aunswer made he before him for his realeasement. 1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (Camden) 130 This releasement is general to all the Jews. 1592Nobody & Someb. in Simpson Sch. Shaks. (1878) I. 335 Might not she Make uprors in the land, and raise the Commons, In the releasement of the Captive King? 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 166 He proclaimed unto the people in generall, a releasement of them from all tributes, impositions, and paiments. 1643Milton Divorce Pref., Wks. 1851 IV. 14 Then mans nature would find immediate rest and releasment from all evils. 1681Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 150 The earl of Shaftsbury, since his releasement, hath been adviseing with councill. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 63 Leonard Cox..procur'd his releasement [from the stocks], refresh'd his hungry Stomach, and gave him Mony. 1782F. Burney Cecilia ii. iii, [He] went in search of the lady for whose releasement he had fought. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 42 His short releasement from his cares and toil. 1855M. Arnold Balder Dead 252 Thou hear'st..The terms of thy releasement hence to Heaven. 1887Hall Caine Deemster xl, To have escaped the peril of it [death] seemed a greater blessing than releasement from this island could ever be.
b. A formal declaration of release.
1771T. Hull Sir W. Harrington (1797) III. 95 Wording what I declared to be a releasement,..more binding than those promises I pretended to absolve you from.
†2. Relaxation, remission, or removal of a thing.
1568Grafton Chron. II. 109 Before the releasement of the interdiction, the king was..compelled..to geue ouer both his crowne and scepter. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 900 By this it appeareth that saluation falleth vnto men, by releasement of the debt. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 1051 Wallachia thus impoverished, was not able..to expect any releasement of the evils it was wrapped in. 1647Trapp Comm. Rom. iii. 25 For the relaxation or releasment of sins, as of bonds or fetters. |