immediate
There have been calls for his immediate and unconditional release.

imminent
early
unconditional
supervised (AmE)
On completing his prison sentence Smith will serve three years of supervised release.

demand
The outraged public demanded her release.

grant sb
He was granted early release.

secure
A public outcry secured her release from detention.

negotiate
He negotiated the release of American prisoners of war.

date

release from
his release from hospital

release sb on bail, release sb on parole

welcome
She saw death as a welcome release from pain.

emotional, sexual

give (sb)
Crying gave some emotional release.

need
Sometimes we just need some release from the pressure.

valve (figurative)
Laughter is an important release valve for feelings of frustration.

release from

a feeling of release, a sense of release
a release of tension
All societies have social mechanisms for the release of tension.

latest, new, recent
forthcoming, future, upcoming (esp. AmE)
a publicity tour for the upcoming release of her autobiography

previous, subsequent
commercial
official
cinema (BrE), theatrical (AmE)
The film never got a theatrical release but went straight to video.

news, press
album, book, film (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE), record
CD, DVD, video

authorize
The judge authorized the release of the information.

demand
The senator demanded the immediate release of the full report.

announce
He has announced the release of his new album.

anticipate, await
I am anxiously awaiting the release of the next volume.

block, delay, prevent
The controversy threatens to delay the movie's release.

be out, come out
The new CD releases will be out on Friday.

date, schedule
Under the current release schedule, the series will be available on DVD early next year.

release on
I've been eagerly awaiting this film's release on DVD.

in general release (AmE), on general release (BrE)
The movie is already in/on general release.
The film will go on general release in November.

quickly
immediately
eventually, finally
conditionally, unconditionally

from
She was released from prison last week.

newly released, recently released
release sb on bail, release sb on parole, release sb on licence (BrE,law), release sb on probation, release sb on their own recognizance (AmE,law)
He was released on his own recognizance and could face up to four years in jail.

release sb unharmed
The hostages were released unharmed.

accidentally
The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.

slowly
The compound slowly releases iron into the bloodstream.

quickly, suddenly
The dam suddenly released millions of gallons of water.
She laughed, the tension inside her suddenly released.

from
the gases that are released from spray cans

into
How much radiation was released into the air?

officially
Figures to be officially released this week reveal that long-term unemployment is still rising.

commercially, publicly
theatrically (esp. AmE)
The film was never released theatrically in the US.

recently
shortly, soon
The new version is expected to be released shortly.

refuse to
Police have refused to release the name of the dead man.

be expected to
The committee is expected to release its findings this summer.

plan to
He's planning to release a solo album.

in, on
The book has not yet been released in paperback.
The album has not been released on CD.

to
Details of the attack have not yet been released to the public.

newly released, recently released
newly released recordings

originally released, previously released
The album was originally released in 1974.

Release is used with these nouns as the subject:
gland, picture

Release is used with these nouns as the object:
aggression, album, anger, arrow, asset, balloon, bomb, brake, breath, bulletin, button, capital, captive, carbon dioxide, catch, CD, chemical, cloud, clutch, collection, defendant, disc, document, draft, DVD, edition, egg, emotion, energy, feeling, figure, film, finding, flavour, flood, fund, game, gas, grip, guideline, hold, hormone, hostage, information, inmate, key, lever, list, memo, model, movie, music, news, oxygen, paper, patch, pedal, photograph, poll, pollutant, prisoner, radioactivity, recommendation, record, recording, report, result, scent, series, sigh, single, statement, statistics, suspect, tape, tension, title, torrent, track, transcript, update, version, video, videotape