RELEASE 釋放釋
PERMIT to LEAVE OR to MOVE FREELY.
Antonym
- ARRESTCATCH and in so doing OBEY a COMMAND of a GOVERNMENT, a LAW, OR a SUPERIOR
- CATCHTAKE something which is TRYING AVOID this, by PURSUING it.
Hypernym
- PERMITADDRESS someone with AUTHORITY so as to SAY that one does NOT FORBID what s/he is HOPING to ACT:do.
Hyponym
- UNTIE RELEASE so as to CAUSE TO CEASE to be TIED UP.
Old Chinese Criteria
2. Zòng 縱 (ant. yuē 約 "restrain") is to give free reins to someone or something that is under constraint with the expectation that this feedom will be used freely and enthusiastically.
3. Sì 肆 (ant. jié 節 "restrain, moderate") refers to giving free rein to psychological tendencies and the like, thus going beyond what are natural societal expectations.
4. Chū 出 (ant. liú 留 "keep in retention") is a colourless term referring to letting someone out of an enclosure, typically prison.
5. Miǎn 免 (ant. jiū 究 "hold definitely responsible for crimes") refers specifically to an act of mercy involving a decision to set someone free who is available for criminal prosecution for a crime assumed committed.
6. Fàng 放 (ant. liǎn 斂 "exert a moderating influence on") refers to a removal of constraints on animals or persons, causing these to follow their natural instincts.
Modern Chinese Criteria
開釋
假釋
保釋
獲釋
釋
放
縱
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
- A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
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BUCK 1988)
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Words
捨 shě OC: lʰaʔ MC: ɕɣɛ
舍 shě OC: lʰaʔ MC: ɕɣɛ 15 AttributionsWD
- Word relations
- Ant: 執/ARREST
The current general word for arresting someone or apprehending him for any reason whatever is zhí 執 (ant. shì 釋 "set free"), but this term typically has a rather bureaucratic flavour. [CIVIL], [OFFICIAL]
- Syntactic words
- vtoNlet go, set free; let off; leave alone
被 pī MC: -- OC: -- 14 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNlet down (hair)
放 fàng OC: paŋs MC: pi̯ɐŋ 13 AttributionsWD
Fàng 放 (ant. liǎn 斂 "exert a moderating influence on") refers to a removal of constraints on animals or persons, causing these to follow their natural instincts.
- Syntactic words
- vt(oN)figurativeto give up, to let go of (an idea)
- vtoNset free, give free rein to; take off
- vtoNfigurativerelease (light) > emit
- vtoNpassivebe given free rein
- vttoN.+V[0]send N off to V
- vttoN1. N2set N1 free in the place N2CH
釋 shì OC: lʰaɡ MC: ɕiɛk 12 AttributionsWD
The most current general word for setting an animal or a person free is shì 釋 (ant. shōu 收 "hold prisoner").
- Syntactic words
- DELETEfigurativeset free; dissolve
- vtoNset free, let loose; let off, fail to prosecute, let go free (dissolve)
縱 zòng OC: tsoŋs MC: tsi̯oŋ 6 AttributionsWD
Zòng 縱 (ant. yuē 約 "restrain") is to give free reins to someone or something that is under constraint with the expectation that this feedom will be used freely and enthusiastically.
- Word relations
- Ant: 擒 / 禽/ARREST
Qín 擒 (ant. zòng 縱 "let loose") refers in somewhat dramatic terms to managing to apprehend a person who might be trying to escape, often to taking a distinguished prisoner in military contexts. [DRAMATIC]
- Syntactic words
- vtoNset free; let off
- vtoNpassivebe set free 不可縱
- vttoN.+V[0]pivotgive (someone) the freedom (to V)
失 shī OC: lʰiɡ MC: ɕit 5 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNlet go scot free
- vtoNpassivebe lost; be lost control of; be let go unpunished
任 rèn MC: nyimH OC: njɯms 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vadVreleased > freely, unrestrained, as one pleases
- vtoNgive free rein to (Shangjunshu)
免 miǎn OC: mronʔ MC: miɛn 4 AttributionsWD
Miǎn 免 (ant. jiū 究 "hold definitely responsible for crimes") refers specifically to an act of mercy involving a decision to set someone free who is available for criminal prosecution for a crime assumed committed.
- Word relations
- Ant: 拘/ARREST
Jū 拘 is occasionally used as a bureaucratic term for holding someone legal detention. [CIVIL], [LASTING], [OFFICIAL]
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativedecide not to prosecute (someone who has committed a crime); decide not to pursue
出 chuì OC: khljuds MC: tɕhi 3 AttributionsWD
Chuì 出 (ant. liú 留 "keep in retention") is a colourless term referring to letting someone out of an enclosure, typically prison.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNfree from imprisonment, set free
解 jiě OC: kreeʔ MC: kɣɛ 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vt+V[0]passiveto be set free (from an uncomfortable state of V-ing)
- vtoNlet loose
- vtoNpassiveget released
逸 yì OC: lid MC: jit 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNset free
- vtoNpermissiveallow to go free
弛 chí OC: lʰelʔ MC: ɕiɛ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNturn loose (a wild animal), let go, let off
- vtt(oN1.)+prep+N2release the contextually determinate N1 from N2
截 jié OC: dzeed MC: dzen 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNunyoke, untie (horses yoked to one's carriage)
托開 tuō kāi OC: ph-laaɡ khɯɯl MC: thɑk khəi 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)release, let go of
復 fù OC: buɡ MC: buk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNexempt from taxes (see Zhang Jue on HF 17.3.1ff)
柔 róu OC: mlju MC: ȵɨu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbe lenient towards and not insist on punishment
稅 shuì OC: lʰods MC: ɕiɛi 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNrelease
除 chú OC: rla MC: ɖi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNexempt from taxes
出放 chū fàng OC: khljud paŋs MC: tɕhʷit pi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNresultativelet out so as to set free
縱舍 zòng shě MC: tsjowng syaeX OC: tsoŋs lʰaʔCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNunconditionally releaseCH
散 sàn MC: -- OC: --CH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNrelease, set freeCH
肆 sì OC: plils MC: si 0 AttributionsWD
Sì 肆 (ant. jié 節 "restrain, moderate") refers to giving free rein to psychological tendencies and the like, thus going beyond what are natural societal expectations.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNgive free rein to (desires etc)
貰 shì OC: lʰebs MC: ɕiɛi 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNrelease HANSHU: 良久，乃貰之 "after a long time he released him"
散放 sàn fàng OC: sqaans paŋs MC: sɑn pi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoN1.adN2passivereleased
釋放 shì fàng OC: lʰaɡ paŋs MC: ɕiɛk pi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabpassiverelease (from prison etc)
- vtoNpassivebe released
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