Release and Variation

Release

Release noun - A freeing from an obligation or responsibility.

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Variation and release are semantically related in version topic. In some cases you can use "Variation" instead a noun "Release".

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Variation noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).

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Release and variation are semantically related in version topic. Sometimes you can use "Release" instead a noun "Variation".

Nearby Words: variety, variable, varied, variance, variant

old	old release	old variation
special	special release	special variation
similar	similar release	similar variation
specific	specific release	specific variation
Other adjectives: main, new, possible, limited, different, wide, recent.

RiffTrax itself is essentially immune to this trope due to a variation of style, however: they don't release the movies in any form, they merely release tracks of the cast talking about the movies.

Source: Screwed by the Lawyers
The Shelf of Movie Languishment is a variation where a finished film gets stuck in release limbo.

Source: Development Hell
Hostage for MacGuffin: A variation: during The Very Definitely Final Dungeon, to release Mycella, Musashi has to insert the Five Swords into a machine, which promptly makes them vanish.

Source: Video Game / Musashi Samurai Legend

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