postrelease

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pós

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *pósti

Proto-Italic *posti

Old Latin poste

Latin post

English post-

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-der.

Proto-Italic *(s)laksos

Latin laxus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin laxō

Vulgar Latin *laxicāre

Vulgar Latin *lassicāre

Old French laschier

Old French relaschier

Old French relaisserbor.

Middle English relesen

English release

English postrelease

From post- + release.

Adjective

postrelease (not comparable)

1. Occurring after release
   • 2007 March 22, The Associated Press, “Four Men Plead Guilty in an Antigay Attack”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 February 2026:

     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.