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   discharge

   verb

   • 1. tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave a place or situation.
   • ▪ allow (a patient) to leave hospital because they are judged fit: "Mark was taken away in an ambulance but later discharged"
   • ▪ dismiss from the armed forces or police: "his memory was impaired and he was discharged from the RAF" Similar dismissremoveejectexpeldeprive of officeget rid ofthrow outoustlet gogive someone noticelay offmake redundantcashierinformal:sackgive someone the sackfireaxesend packinggive someone the bootboot outgive someone their cardsgive someone their marching ordersgive someone the heave-hogive someone the pushgive someone the bulletshow someone the doorturf outOpposite recruitengage
   • ▪ release from the custody or restraint of the law: "she was conditionally discharged for two years at Oxford Crown Court" Similar releaseliberatefreeset freelet golet outallow to leaveset/let/turn looseacquitclearabsolvepardonexoneratereprieveexculpatedeliverspareexemptemancipateinformal:let off (the hook)historical:manumitOpposite imprison
   • ▪ relieve (a juror or jury) from serving in a case: "if the jury cannot agree, it should be discharged"
   • 2. allow (a liquid, gas, or other substance) to flow out from where it has been confined: "industrial plants discharge highly toxic materials into rivers" Similar send outpourreleaseejectemitlet outvoidissuedispensegive offexudeexcreteoozeleakgushjetextravasateliterary:disembogueOpposite absorb
   • ▪ (of an orifice or diseased tissue) emit (pus or other liquid): "the swelling will eventually break down and discharge pus"
   • ▪ release or neutralize the electric charge of (an electric field, battery, or other object): "the electrostatic field that builds up on a monitor screen can be discharged"
   • ▪ (of a person) fire (a gun or missile): "when you shoot you can discharge as many barrels as you wish" Similar fireshootlet offset offloose offtriggerexplodedetonate
   • ▪ (of a firearm) be fired: "there was a dull thud as the gun discharged"
   • ▪ unload (goods or passengers) from a ship: "the ferry was discharging passengers" Similar unloadoffloademptyunburdendisburdenremoverelievedeliverdepositput offrare:unladeOpposite load
   • ▪ allow (an emotion) to be expressed: "he discharged his resentment in the harmless form of memoirs"
   • 3. do all that is required to perform (a duty) or fulfil (a responsibility): "the bank had failed to discharge its supervisory duties" Similar carry outperformconductdocompleteaccomplishachievefulfilexecuteimplementdispatchbring offbring abouteffectobserveabide bystand byrare:effectuate
   • ▪ pay off (a debt): "the executor must discharge the funeral expenses" Similar paypay offpay in fullsettle (up)clearhonourmeetliquidatesatisfydefraymake goodinformal:square
   • ▪ release (a party) from a contract or obligation: "the insurer is discharged from liability from the day of breach" Similar releaseliberatefreeset freelet golet outallow to leaveset/let/turn looseacquitclearabsolvepardonexoneratereprieveexculpatedeliverspareexemptemancipateinformal:let off (the hook)historical:manumitOpposite imprison
   • ▪ relieve (a bankrupt) of residual liability: "first-time bankrupts are discharged automatically after three years"
   • 4. (of a judge or court) cancel (an order of a court): "the court may discharge a care order on the application of the child"
   • ▪ cancel (a contract) because of completion or breach: "an existing mortgage to be discharged on completion"

   noun

   • 1. the action of discharging someone from a hospital or from the armed forces or police: "referrals can be discussed before discharge from hospital" Similar dismissalreleaseremovalejectionoustingexpulsioncongécashieringinformal:the sackfiringaxingthe axethe bootone's marching ordersthe heave-hothe pushthe bulletOpposite recruitment
   • ▪ an act of releasing someone from the custody or restraint of the law: "she was given an absolute discharge after admitting breaking a smoking ban" Similar releaseliberationacquittalclearanceclearingabsolutionpardonexonerationreprieveamnestyexculpationinformal:let-offletting offhistorical:manumissionOpposite conviction
   • 2. the action of discharging a liquid, gas, or other substance: "those germs might lead to vaginal discharge" Similar leakleakingemissionreleaseexudingoozingexcretionejectionemptyingvoidingvoidanceliterary:disemboguing
   • ▪ a substance that has been discharged: "industrial discharge has turned the river into an open sewer" Similar emissionsecretionexcretionexudateeffusionflowoozeseepagesuppurationpusmatter
   • ▪ the release of electricity from a charged object: "slow discharge of a condenser is fundamental to oscillatory circuits"
   • ▪ a flow of electricity through air or other gas, especially when accompanied by emission of light: "a sizzling discharge between sky and turret"
   • ▪ the action of firing a gun or missile: "a police permit for discharge of an air gun" Similar shotshootingfiringdischargingexplosiondetonationblastcrackbangpopreportburstvolleysalvofusilladebarragegunfire
   • ▪ the action of unloading a ship: "freight for discharge" Similar unloadingoffloadingunburdeningdisburdeningremovalremovingrelievingemptyingdeliveringdepositrare:unladingOpposite loading
   • 3. the action of doing all that is required to fulfil a responsibility or perform a duty: "directors must use skill in the discharge of their duties" Similar carrying outperformanceperformingconductdoingcompletionaccomplishmentachievementfulfilmentexecutionimplementationdispatcheffectuationobservance
   • ▪ the payment of a debt: "money paid in discharge of a claim" Similar paymentrepaymentpaying (off)settlementsettling (up)clearanceclearinghonouringmeetingliquidationdefrayingmaking goodinformal:squaring
   • ▪ the relief of a bankrupt from residual liability: "machinery to rehabilitate the bankrupt through the process of discharge"
   • 4. the cancellation of an order of a court: "an application for discharge of a supervision order"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘relieve of an obligation’): from Old French descharger, from late Latin discarricare ‘unload’, from dis- (expressing reversal) + carricare ‘to load’ (see charge).

   Derivatives

   • 1. dischargeable adjective

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   What does discharge mean?

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   What does it mean to be discharged from jail?

   • 1. 2. To discharge is to fire a gun or an employee, or to set someone free from a hospital or jail. You'd probably like being discharged from jail, but not from your job, unless you really hate it. As a verb, discharge is “to release,” and as a noun, it refers to the act of or setting free.

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   How is discharge pronounced?

   • The noun is pronounced (dɪstʃɑːʳdʒ ). When someone is discharged from hospital, prison, or one of the armed services, they are officially allowed to leave, or told that they must leave. Five days later Henry discharged himself from hospital. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] Discharge is also a noun.

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   Is discharge a noun or noun?

   • Discharge is also a noun. He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay compensation. If someone discharges their duties or responsibilities, they do everything that needs to be done in order to complete them. ...the quiet competence with which he discharged his many college duties. [VERB noun] If someone discharges a debt, they pay it.

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   What is the difference between discharge and electrical discharge?

   • Discharge is the flow of waste or product from a process. When a pump discharges a substance, it pushes it out. Electrical discharge can occur by the release of the electric charge stored in a capacitor through an external circuit. present simple: I discharge, you discharge [...] past simple: I discharged, you discharged [...]

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   What does conditionally discharged mean?

   • More than half of all prisoners discharged are reconvicted within two years. be conditionally discharged UK A peace protester was conditionally discharged for twelve months (= allowed to go free only if they do not commit a crime again for this period of time). You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

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   The meaning of DISCHARGE is to relieve of a charge, load, or burden. How to use discharge in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Discharge.

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   to remove or send forth: They discharged the cargo at New York. to fire or shoot (a firearm or missile): to discharge a gun. to pour forth; emit: to discharge oil; to discharge a stream of invective. Synonyms: exude, eject, expel. to relieve oneself of (an obligation, burden, etc.).

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   Discharge is the flow of waste or product from a process. The control of air pollution resulting from the discharge of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere has become increasingly urgent. Other openings were provided at the top of the shell to allow discharge of the products of combustion into the air of the room.

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   To discharge is to fire a gun or an employee, or to set someone free from a hospital or jail. You'd probably like being discharged from jail, but not from your job, unless you really hate it. As a verb, discharge is “to release,” and as a noun, it refers to the act of or setting free.

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   Definitions of 'discharge' 1. When someone is discharged from hospital, prison, or one of the armed services, they are officially allowed to leave, or told that they must leave. [...] 2. If someone discharges their duties or responsibilities, they do everything that needs to be done in order to complete them. [formal] [...] 3.

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