See real novel, free (7)
I believe the answer is:
release
'free' is the definition.
(to release someone is to free them)
'see real novel' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates an anagram (letters in a new or novel order).
'see'+'real'='seereal'
'seereal' with letters rearranged gives 'RELEASE'.
(Other definitions for release that I've seen before include "Let go" , "Issue" , "Free from confinement" , "loose" , "put out" .)