釈放|しゃくほうshakuhou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbrelease; liberation; acquittal
    警察けいさつは彼かれを釈放しゃくほうした。↗
    The police released him.
Conjugation
Dictionary form釈放する(しゃくほうする)
Polite (masu)釈放します(しゃくほうします)
Negative (nai)釈放しない(しゃくほうしない)
polite (masen)釈放しません(しゃくほうしません)
classical zu / nu釈放せず・釈放せぬ(しゃくほうせず・しゃくほうせぬ)
Past (ta)釈放した(しゃくほうした)
polite (mashita)釈放しました(しゃくほうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)釈放しなかった(しゃくほうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)釈放しませんでした(しゃくほうしませんでした)
Te form釈放して(しゃくほうして)
Potential釈放できる(しゃくほうできる)
Passive釈放される(しゃくほうされる)
Causative釈放させる(しゃくほうさせる)
Causative passive釈放させられる(しゃくほうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)釈放すれば(しゃくほうすれば)
tara釈放したら(しゃくほうしたら)
Volitional釈放しよう(しゃくほうしよう)
polite (mashou)釈放しましょう(しゃくほうしましょう)
Imperative釈放しろ(しゃくほうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym解放かいほうNeutralLiberation from bondage or oppression, as in 「奴隷解放」. 「釈放」 is used only for letting a detained or held person go.
  • Synonym放免ほうめんWrittenWritten/formal: setting free a suspect found innocent, or a prisoner whose sentence is complete, as in 「無罪放免」. 「釈放」 is the more common word.
  • Related放すはなすNeutralTo let go or set loose, as in 「鳥を放す」. 「釈放」 is for releasing a person from custody or detention.
  • Related解き放すときはなすNeutralTo undo restraints and set someone or something free. 「釈放」 is used only for letting a detained or held person go.
  • Related解き放つときはなつWrittenWritten/formal: to free someone or something from bonds or restraint. 「釈放」 is used only for releasing a person in custody.
  • Antonym逮捕たいほNeutralArresting a suspect; the opposite of 「釈放」.
  • Antonym拘束こうそくNeutralRestricting a person's physical freedom; the opposite of 「釈放」.

Use 「釈放」 for releasing someone in custody, as in 「容疑者を釈放する」 or 「人質の釈放」. In formal prose, 「放免」 is letting go someone cleared of guilt or a prisoner whose term is over; 「解放」 is liberation from oppression; 「放す」 is letting an animal go. Opposites: 「逮捕」, 「拘束」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 捕とらえられている者ものの拘束こうそくを解とき、自由じゆうにしてやること。
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