Release

re-les': (1) The forgiveness of a debt (shemiTTah (Deut 15:1; Deut 15:2; Deut 15:9; Deut 31:10; see JUBILEE YEAR)), with verb shamaT, "to release," Deut 31:2; Deut 31:3. (2) To exempt from taxation or military service (hanachah, "release," "rest" (Esth 2:18)). Some would render "granted a holiday." (3) To set a prisoner or slave at liberty (apoluo, "to let go free" (Matt 27:15 parallel John 19:10), etc.).