releasing

1. 1.

   emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

   Synonymscathartic

   Similaremotional

   art

Questions about releasing

What does releasing mean?

releasing means "emotionally purging (of e.g. art)".

How many syllables are in releasing?

releasing has 3 syllables: re-lea-sing. The stress falls on "lea". In IPA it is /ɹiˈlisɪŋ/.

What is another word for releasing?

Close synonyms include cathartic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is releasing a common word?

releasing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.