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Discharge

//dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
The act of expelling or letting go.; The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital. countable, uncountable
"care transition after discharge"
2
the act of discharging a gun wordnet
3
The act of expelling or letting go.; The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service. countable, uncountable
"career transition after discharge"
4
a formal written statement of relinquishment wordnet
5
The material thus released. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)"

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6
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) wordnet
7
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm. countable, uncountable
"negligent discharge"
8
the act of venting wordnet
9
The process of removing the load borne by something. countable, uncountable
10
the sudden giving off of energy wordnet
11
The process of flowing out. countable, uncountable
12
the pouring forth of a fluid wordnet
13
The process of flowing out.; Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes. uncountable
"Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)"
14
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field wordnet
15
The act of releasing an accumulated charge. countable, uncountable
16
any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body wordnet
17
The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second). countable, uncountable
18
a substance that is emitted or released wordnet
19
The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance. countable, uncountable
"Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come / In yours and my discharge."
20
Release from liability, as granted to someone having served in a position of trust, such as to the officers and governors of a corporate body. countable, uncountable
"After having granted discharge from liability, the general meeting of shareholders may not demand for the company compensation for matters which it had knowledge of when granting discharge."

Verb

1
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
"O most dear mistress, / The sun will set before I shall discharge / What I must strive to do."
2
eliminate (a substance) wordnet
3
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
"But in deede, the ſecret cauſe that brought Ageſilaus to conſent vnto this practiſe, was the greatnes of his dette which he ought, of the which he hoped to be diſcharged by chaunging of the ſtate and common wealth."
4
become empty or void of its content wordnet
5
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
"If he had / The present money to discharge the Jew."

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6
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges wordnet
7
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
"The order for Daly's attendance was discharged."
8
release from military service wordnet
9
To expel or let go.
"Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions."
10
cause to go off wordnet
11
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
"They do discharge their shot of courtesy."
12
go off or discharge wordnet
13
To release (an accumulated charge).
"GWR plans to use it on the Greenford branch in west London, making use of a fast charger at West Ealing that will charge the batteries in just three and a half minutes. This fast charger is essentially a battery installed at the lineside which is trickle-charged from the electricity grid. It can then discharge quickly into the train's batteries through charging rails and then start recharging itself while the train is running in service."
14
pour forth or release wordnet
15
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
"Discharge the common sort / With pay and thanks."
16
remove the charge from wordnet
17
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.; To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
18
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave wordnet
19
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.; To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
20
free from obligations or duties wordnet
21
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
"to discharge a prisoner"
22
complete or carry out wordnet
23
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
"discharge his pieces"
24
To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
25
To unload a ship or another means of transport.
26
To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
"to discharge a cargo"
27
To give forth; to emit or send out.
"A pipe discharges water."
28
To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
"He discharged a horrible oath."
29
To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process. transitive
"to discharge the colour from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark background"
30
To prohibit; to forbid. Scotland, obsolete
"That Richard Stevenson, Robert Calcott, and Richard Tyldesley, be discharged from farther restraint, giving good security to appear at this Board whensoever summoned, and not depart this city until full satisfaction be given"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English dischargen, from Old French deschargier (“to unload”), from Late Latin discarricāre (“unload”). By surface analysis, dis- + charge.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dischargen, from Old French deschargier (“to unload”), from Late Latin discarricāre (“unload”). By surface analysis, dis- + charge.

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