noun
Meaning 1
Anything that releases something.
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noun
Anything that releases something.
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noun
The determining feature of a stimulus that produces a response.
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noun
Alternative form of releasor.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: law
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós Latin laxus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin laxō Vulgar Latin *laxicāre Vulgar Latin *lassicāre Old French laschier Old French relaschier Old French relaisserbor. Middle English relesen English release English -er English releaser From release + -er.