1. To set free from confinement or bondage.
"released the prisoner."
2. To set free from physical restraint or binding; let go.
"released the balloons; released the brake."
3. To cause or allow to move away or spread from a source or place of confinement.
"cells that release histamine."
Yesterday I posted a quote by Mark Twain:
“It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”
I think you should consider this saying very carefully.
And then ponder these sentences: “The jailer released the prisoner” and
“Alice was rescued from the big bad wolf by the hunter”.
Are the words “release” and “rescue” interchangeable?
Release has a particular connotation that makes it inappropriate in this context. If it is not the imprisoner who is setting a prisoner free, it isn’t a release.
“set free from (duty, etc.); exonerate.”
“grant remission, forgive; set free from imprisonment, military service, etc.”
“give up, relinquish, surrender.”
“to grant a release of property.”