discharge

/ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ//dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ//ˈdɪstʃɑɹdʒ//dɪsˈtʃɑɹdʒ/

noun

  1. 1

    Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.

  2. 2

    The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.

  3. 3

    The act of expelling or letting go.

  4. 4

    The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.

  5. 5

    The process of unloading something.

  6. 6

    The process of flowing out.

  7. 7

    The act of releasing an accumulated charge.

  8. 8

    The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.

  9. 9

    The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.

  10. 10

    The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second).

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.

  2. 2

    To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.

  3. 3

    To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.

  4. 4

    To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.

  5. 5

    To expel or let go.

  6. 6

    To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.

  7. 7

    To release (an accumulated charge).

  8. 8

    To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.

  9. 9

    To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.

    to discharge a prisoner
  10. 10

    To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).

  11. 11

    To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.

  12. 12

    To unload a ship or another means of transport.

  13. 13

    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
  14. 14

    To give forth; to emit or send out.

    A pipe discharges water.
  15. 15

    To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.

    He discharged a horrible oath.
  16. 16

    To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.

    to discharge the colour from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark background
  17. 17

    To prohibit; to forbid.

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