unrelease

English

Etymology

un- +‎ release

Verb

unrelease (third-person singular simple present unreleases, present participle unreleasing, simple past and past participle unreleased)

1. (transitive, rare) To undo the release of; to withdraw.
   • 2011, Jobin Kuruvilla, JIRA Development Cookbook:

     The same method can be used to unrelease a version.

   • 2012, Mike Larsen, Kevin Walby, Brokering Access:

     Sébastien Togneri, the director of parliamentary affairs for the Minister of Public Works, had ordered an access to information manager to “unrelease” most of the report just as it was being mailed out to Beeby.