happy release

noun

1. liberation, esp by death, from an unpleasant condition

Example Sentences

I give you joy, dear sister, said the one, of our happy release!

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At the same time, I should say it would be a happy release for such a creature, who can have nothing but misery before her.

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Then Burrus found a happy release in death, and with him died the last of Seneca's influence.

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The ice was broken; we soon became fast friends, and our friendship remained unbroken until their happy release some years after.

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I felt that death would be a happy release from the cold touch of the amateur coroner and pro tem physician.

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