An addendum to the lease agreement provided that Charron pay a $225 security deposit, which he paid prior to taking possession of the apartment in June 1975. The deposit was inadvertently returned to him the early part of October 1976. The property manager testified that the *15deposit return had been a clerical error. Appellant contends that the return of the deposit operated as either a release or an accord and satisfaction. A release is a surrender of a claim which may be given for less than full consideration, even gratuitously. DeNike v. Mowery, 69 Wn.2d 357, 366, 418 P.2d 1010 (1966); Litts v. Pierce County, 5 Wn. App. 531, 533-34, 488 P.2d 785 (1971). However, it is frequently a question of fact as to whether the parties intended a release to be full compensation. There is little question in this case that James S. Black & Co. did not intend a gratuitous release of all damages to the apartment as a result of a clerical error. See Finch v. Carlton, 84 Wn.2d 140, 524 P.2d 898 (1974).