Convict and Release

Opposite meaning words

Convict verb - To find or pronounce guilty.

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Release is an antonym for convict in find guilty topic.

Nearby Words: conviction, convicted, convicting

Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).

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Convict is an antonym for release in let go topic.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

complete	complete convict	complete release
future	future convict	future release
single	single convict	single release
actual	actual convict	actual release
Other adjectives: massive, new, western.

people	convict people	release people
god	convict god	release god

An example from before the 1990s - in The Streets of San Francisco's "Once A Con," a convict on a day release programme is under suspicion of having murdered a student on campus.

Source: Psycho Lesbian
Color Motif: The yellow convict's passport, Valjean's yellow shirt after his release, his yellow coat after his escape... Let's say, yellow is not a good colour to have around you.

Source: Literature / Les Misérables
He's actually an ex-convict working as a clown, which is part of his prison release work program, and his lifelong enemy is The Man.

Source: Monster Clown

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