单词 | releasing |
释义 | releasingn. The action of release v.1 1. Remission from pain, punishment, an obligation, etc.; commutation, dispensation, revocation. Now chiefly Law. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > release from confinement unbinding1382 releasing1395 loosing1415 dischargec1458 enlargement1540 release1559 relaxationa1578 unloosing1578 bail1598 loosening1598 releasant1606 enlarge1608 dismission1609 eluctation1627 to let go1631 relaxating1647 unfetteringa1653 disimprisonment1656 disimprisoning1659 absolute discharge1729 disincarceration1831 decarceration1963 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > release from duty or obligation remission?1316 loosingc1357 releasec1390 releasing1395 discharginga1398 defeasance1399 quittancea1400 acquittancec1405 discharge1423 absolution1447 acquittinga1450 quietance1451 excusationc1475 relief1496 acquittal?1538 releasement1548 ease1576 excuse1577 relievement1583 excusal1584 exoneration1640 dispensation1653 absolvement1689 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun] > execution of judgement > reprieve, remission, or release from penalty releasing1395 retreatinga1450 relaxation1520 reprivation1583 reprievala1586 reprieve1594 remission1625 reprievement1633 remish1958 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making less violent, vigorous, or severe softinga1400 slakingc1400 mollifying?a1425 softening?a1425 temperament1475 moderationa1500 temperatinga1540 releasing?1543 amollishment1612 mollificationa1631 quietationa1639 castigationa1676 Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 66 (MED) The most good pretendid..in siche indulgencis is releesinge of peyne enioynid of the chirche..othir delyueraunce fro peyne of purgatorie. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. met. xii. l. 3045 He [sc. Orpheus]..requered[e] and souȝte by swete preiere þe lordes of soules in helle of relesynge, þat is to seyne to ȝelden hym hys wif. 1466 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 209 I bequeithe to the high aulter of the seid chirch 3s. 4d. in relesyng of my tithes beyng behynd. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. diiiiv I mak releisching of yin allegiance. ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe xi. f. lxiiiv Thys receyte..hath great vertue..to bringe the humours to equalitie, with releasing of the payne. 1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 107 in Purple Island Oh, if confessing Our faults to thee be all our faults releasing. 1809 Belfast Monthly Mag. 31 Oct. 318/2 The Common Council..have resolve to apply 1000l. to the releasing of insolvent debtors. 1872 E. C. Clark Early Rom. Law 112 The giving and releasing of the bond or engagement by which the poor debtor became liable to personal servitude. 1996 New Mexico Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 Aug. 13 The agreement violated a provision in the state constitution prohibiting the releasing of debts to public bodies. 2. The action or process of setting free, or allowing to move freely. ΚΠ 1647 R. Cudworth Serm. House of Commons 49 Happinesse is nothing, but the releasing and unfettering of our souls, from all these narrow, scant, and particular good things. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 605 To agree about contributing for their duke's releasing. 1702 J. Stevens tr. J. de Veitia Linage Spanish Rule Trade to W.-Indies xvii. 106 All the Commissioners of both Chambers..visit the Prison..when they may all Vote for the Releasing of Prisoners. 1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. IX. xiv. v. 486 The releasing the Christian natives..from personal services. 1860 Friendly Visitor new ser. 10 179 My own idea of death is very pleasant,—the releasing of the dove from her cage, that she may fly away and be at rest. 1905 Times 15 Aug. 10/3 The hatching, rearing, and releasing of the fish. 1952 College Eng. 13 266/2 Literature..effects an emotional transformation..by the catharsis of pity and fear,..and the releasing of love. 2002 W. M. Watt Christian Faith for Today vi. 78 The releasing of prisoners and freeing of the oppressed. Compounds releasing factor n. Physiology a peptide released from the hypothalamus into the portal system of the pituitary gland which stimulates the release of a specific hormone from the anterior pituitary. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > process stimulators or inhibitors > hormone > [noun] > releasing factor releasing factor1962 1955 Endocrinology 57 443 Posterior pituitary extracts contain a corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) that stimulates the release of ACTH from rat anterior pituitary tissue in vitro.] 1962 Gen. & Compar. Endocrinol. 2 113 The best hypothesis of the general functional mechanism of the eminential component is that the ‘releasing factor’ or ‘releasing factors’ are formed in hypothalamic neurosecretory cells where they become associated with neurosecretory material. 1977 Time 24 Oct. 42/2 Andrew Schally..isolated identified and synthesized three separate hormones—‘releasing factors’—by which the hypothalamus directs the release of key hormones from the pituitary. 2008 Molecular & Cellular Endocrinol. 286 3/1 The isolation and characterization of TRF (TRH) in 1968 made the hypothesis of the existence of hypothalamic releasing factors into a scientific fact. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). releasingadj. That releases (in various senses); spec. that sets free, or allows something to move freely. ΚΠ 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. v. 216 We may lawfully vse onely resoluing and releasing remedies. a1667 A. Cowley Several Disc. by Way of Ess., Verse & Prose 90 in Wks. (1668) Unhappy till the last, the kind releasing Knell. 1794 F. W. Sanders J. T. Atkyns's Rep. Cases in Chancery (ed. 3) II. 7 So if a releasing party be apprized of his rights, an inadequate consideration will not avoid the deed. 1817 Times 25 July 3 As being the evidence of a releasing witness, it was insufficient to sustain the will. 1833 Lit. Souvenir 301 O for the hour Of summons and departure! Why delay The steeds of Israel ? Come, releasing Power, Roll on. 1892 J. Nasmith Students' Cotton Spinning viii. 312 When the carriage runs up to the beam the counter faller is relieved by means of a pendent arm which engages with a releasing bracket. 1925 Lincoln (Nebraska) Sunday Star 20 Dec. 8/5 A dragging brake is usually the result of weakness in the releasing mechanism. 2007 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 31 Oct. 1 b Sauceda presented Garcia's name, security identification number and other personal details to a releasing officer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1395adj.1583 |
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