discharge
noun
- 1
Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
- 2
The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
- 3
The act of expelling or letting go.
- 4
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
- 5
The process of unloading something.
- 6
The process of flowing out.
- 7
The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
- 8
The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
- 9
The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
- 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
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
- 2
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
- 3
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
- 4
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
- 5
To expel or let go.
- 6
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
- 7
To release (an accumulated charge).
- 8
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
- 9
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
“to discharge a prisoner”
- 10
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
- 11
To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
- 12
To unload a ship or another means of transport.
- 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
To give forth; to emit or send out.
“A pipe discharges water.”
- 15
To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
“He discharged a horrible oath.”
- 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
To prohibit; to forbid.
Translate “discharge” to another language
Click any language to open the translator with this word already filled in.