releasement

Definitions

Release; the act of releasing or letting something go.

archaic

Examples

“[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 […].”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 […].”

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