{"id":98159,"date":"2021-04-13T06:15:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T06:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=98159"},"modified":"2022-12-06T07:19:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T07:19:21","slug":"release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/release\/","title":{"rendered":"Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The process of allowing something to go out.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A giving up of a legal claim or right, to the person against whom the claim could have been asserted. 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