Release and Stay

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

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Stay is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Stay verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.

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Release is an antonym for stay in hold in abeyance topic.

Nearby Words: stayed, staying

original	original release	original stay
initial	initial release	initial stay
main	main release	main stay
later	later release	later stay
Other adjectives: last, extended, previous, overseas.

series	release series	stay series
army	release army	stay army
episode	release episode	stay episode
time	release time	stay time
Other words: game, music, evil, powers, enemies, versions.

The Wolf Among Us has a strip club, "The Puddin' and Pie", which is similar to a "Company Store" because the owner refuses to release any of his workers, charging them "fees" to stay there.

Source: Company Town
It began in June 2009 as a spin-off of Awesome Video Games, as a way for the creative team behind that series to release content and stay visible between updates of AVG.

Source: Web Video / Video Games Awesome!
Have a nice stay if it's multiplayer and no one else can find and kill you to release you.

Source: Videogame / Doom

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