Decrease and Release

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

noun

• Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film. )
  • usage: "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
• The act of liberating someone or something.
  • synonyms: liberation, freeing
• A process that liberates or discharges something.
  • usage: "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
• An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation.
  • synonyms: handout, press release
• The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart.
  • synonyms: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, sack, sacking
• Euphemistic expressions for death.
  • usage: "thousands mourned his passing"
  • synonyms: passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going
• A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation.
  • synonyms: acquittance
• A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism.
  • synonyms: button
• Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion.
  • usage: "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"
  • synonyms: outlet, vent
• The act of allowing a fluid to escape.
  • synonyms: spill, spillage
• A formal written statement of relinquishment.
  • synonyms: waiver, discharge
• Music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone.
  • synonyms: tone ending

verb

• Release, as from one's grip.
  • usage: "Let go of the door handle, please"; "relinquish your grip on the rope-you won't fall"
  • synonyms: let go of, let go, relinquish
• Grant freedom to; free from confinement.
  • synonyms: free, liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose
• Let (something) fall or spill from a container.
  • usage: "turn the flour onto a plate"
  • synonyms: turn
• Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale.
  • usage: "publish a magazine or newspaper"
  • synonyms: publish, bring out, put out, issue
• Eliminate (a substance. )
  • usage: "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
  • synonyms: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject
• Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids.
  • usage: "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
  • synonyms: secrete
• Make (information) available for publication.
  • usage: "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
  • synonyms: free
• Part with a possession or right.
  • usage: "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
  • synonyms: relinquish, resign, free, give up
• Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition.
  • synonyms: free, liberate
• Make (assets) available.
  • usage: "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
  • synonyms: unblock, unfreeze, free

• (n.) A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required;.
• (n.) In the block-signaling system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
• (n.) A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit; also, the catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, which acts in case of an overload.
• (n.) The act or manner of ending a sound.
• (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
• (n.) To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement or servitude; to give liberty to or to set at liberty; to let go.
• (n.) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
• (v.t.) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
• (n.) The act of letting loose or freeing or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.
• (n.) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
• (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.
• (n.) Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty or claim of any kind; acquittance.
• (n.) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
• (n.) Relief from care, pain or any burden.

(DoD, NATO) In air armament, the intentional separation of a free-fall aircraft store, from its suspension equipment, for purposes of employment of the store.

release is a document or a process in which a secured party gives up its collateral interest in the property of the debtor. Releases may be for all of the property of the debtor or may be partial. For example, if a real estate developer has pledged 10 lots as collateral for a loan, a partial release may be used for each lot as it is sold. For personal property collateral, a release may be entered into the public record by using a standard form called UCC-3.