releasement

[Eng. release; -ment.] The act of releasing, liberating, or freeing, as from confinement, obligation, penalty, .; release. "I am a prisoner, notwithstanding the releasement of so many." Howell: Letters, bk. ii., let. 31. rě-leas-er, *re-lees-er, s . [Eng. releas (e), v.; -er.] One who or that which releases. rě-lēas-or, s. [Eng. releas (e), v.; -or .] Law : One who gives or grants a release: a rele or. *re-le-fe, *re-leef, *re-lef, *re-leif, *re-leve, *re-liefe, *re-lif, *re-lyve, s . [RELIEF.) That which is left; the remains, the remainder; refuse. "The releif gadir thai in hepes."-Cursor Mundi , 13,512. rěl-ě-gāte, v . t. [Lat. relegatus , pa. par. of relego-to send away, dispatch, remove: re-back, away, and lego to send; Fr. reléguer ; Sp. & Port. relegar; Ital. relegare .] 1. To send away; to send out of the way; to banish or consign to some obscure position or destination. ties or rustic villages,"- Burke : French Revolution. "We have not relegated religion to obscure municipal i 2. To send into exile; to cause to remove to a certain distance from Rome for a certain time.