English → Latin
“release” in Latin
levōto raise, elevate, lift up; to make light, lighten; to relieve, ease, comfortlīberātiōliberation, releaseapochareceipt, quittance
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
release v.
exonerare aliqua re (from a burden, weight): levare, liberare aliquem aliqua re (to free from anything): demere alicui aliquid (to relieve from anything; as, from fear, etc.). To release from bonds, e vinculis aliquem eximere; vinculis aliquem liberare to release anybody from fear, exonerare aliquem metu; metum aliquo demere.
release s.
Dismission from confinement, etc., liberatio. [Vid: DISCHARGE.]
Discharge for money received, apocha. Vid: RECEIPT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for release?
- The usual Latin words for “release” are levō, līberātiō, apocha. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.