"unrelease" meaning in English

See unrelease in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unreleases [present, singular, third-person], unreleasing [participle, present], unreleased [participle, past], unreleased [past]
Etymology: un- + release Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|release}} un- + release Head templates: {{en-verb}} unrelease (third-person singular simple present unreleases, present participle unreleasing, simple past and past participle unreleased)
  1. (transitive, rare) To undo the release of; to withdraw. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-unrelease-en-verb-44djQwU3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

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