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postrelease

postrelease adjective: occurring after release.

Adjective

postrelease (not comparable)

  1. Occurring after release
    • Mr. Johnson, of Manhattan, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault as a hate crime in exchange for a sentence of 15 years in prison and five years of postrelease supervision.2007 March 22, The Associated Press, “Four Men Plead Guilty in an Antigay Attack”, in New York Times

Origin of postrelease

From post- + release.

Questions about postrelease

What does postrelease mean?
Postrelease means occurring after release.
What part of speech is postrelease?
Postrelease is an adjective.

Words near postrelease in the dictionary

  1. postregulational
  2. postrehabilitation
  3. postrejection
  4. Postrel
  5. postrelationship
  6. postrelease
  7. postreligious
  8. Postrels
  9. postremedial
  10. postremission
  11. postremogeniture

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