discharge

Plural: discharges

Noun

• the sudden giving off of energy
• the act of venting
• a substance that is emitted or released
• any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
  • "the discharge of pus"
• electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• the pouring forth of a fluid
• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
• a formal written statement of relinquishment
• the act of discharging a gun
• The act of expelling or letting go.
• The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
• The act of expelling or letting go.
• The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
• The material thus released.
• The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
• The process of removing the load borne by something.
• The process of flowing out.
• 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.
• The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
• The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
• The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
• 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.

Verb

• complete or carry out
  • "discharge one's duties"
• pour forth or release
  • "discharge liquids"
• free from obligations or duties
• remove the charge from
• go off or discharge
• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
• eliminate (a substance)
• leave or unload
• cause to go off
• release from military service
• become empty or void of its content
• To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
• To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
• To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
• To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
• To expel or let go.
• To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
• To release (an accumulated charge).
• To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
• To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
• To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
• To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
• To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
• To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
• To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
• To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
• To unload a ship or another means of transport.
• To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
• To give forth; to emit or send out.
• To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
• To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
• To prohibit; to forbid.

Examples

• a mucopurulent vaginal discharge
• A pipe discharges water.
• 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.
• care transition after discharge
• career transition after discharge
• He discharged a horrible oath.
• negligent discharge
• the cooling tower's discharge
• to discharge a cargo
• to discharge a prisoner
• to discharge the colour from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark background

Synonyms

acquit, arc, assoil, clear, complete, dismissal, dismission, dispatch, drop, drop off, eject, electric arc, electric discharge, emission, empty, exculpate, exhaust, exonerate, expel, expelling, fire, firing, firing off, free, go off, liberation, muster out, outpouring, put down, release, run, sack, sacking, set down, spark, unload, venting, waiver, axe, can, decruit, dehire, discard, discharge, dismiss, downsize, effluence#Noun, give someone the boot, give someone the heave-ho, give someone the old heave-ho, give someone their cards, give the axe, give the chop, give the elbow, lay off, let go, let someone go, make redundant, pink slip, promote to customer, retrench, serve notice, shit-can, term, terminate, throw out, unhire, unloading

Antonyms

charge, convict, enlist, fill