Bail and Release

Bail

Bail verb - Release after a security has been paid.

Release and bail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Release" instead a verb "Bail".

Nearby Words: bailed, bailout, bailable, bailee, bailment

Release

Release verb - To set free (as from slavery or confinement).
Usage example: release the prisoners immediately

Bail and release are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bail" instead a verb "Release".

Nearby Words: released, releasing

How words are described

regular regular bail regular release
single single bail single release

Both words in one sentence

  • Hero Insurance Though Jeri Hogarth is able to secure her release or at least get her bail posted.
  • Another pilot, badly injured, and his cockpit filling with gasoline from a ruptured fuel tank, tries to bail out, but is too weak to pull the emergency release for his canopy.
    Source: Abandon Ship
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