Bind
Bind verb - To confine or restrain with or as if with chains.
Usage example: prisons tend to bind convicted criminals for transport
Release
Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).
Usage example: the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration
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After that, do you bind all three of them and the ghosts of the villagers to be trapped in limbo, or do you release them and let them rest peacefully but in doing so let the demon that was also trapped return to Hell?
Source: Video Game / Neverwinter Nights -
You can bind him to yourself, forcing him to serve you, and if you pursue the Open Palm ending and release the Water Dragon, his epilogue states that he spends the rest of his existence trying to atone for the crimes he committed.
Source: The Atoner -
However, as the game progresses, we slowly begin to learn about political unrest in Terra, and by the end, our hero and his friends have all been touched by it.Currently, Act I ("The Ties That Bind") of the story is complete, and its Updated Re-release can be downloaded here.
Source: Video Game / Love And War
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