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 Definitions of Discharge  [ɪˈsɜrn mənt, -ˈzɜrn-]  

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Definition of 'Discharge' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) discharge
to relieve of a charge or load; unload:
to discharge a ship.

2.  discharge
to remove or send forth:
They discharged the cargo at New York.

3.  discharge
to fire or shoot (a firearm or missile).

4.  discharge
to pour forth; emit:
to discharge oil.

5.  discharge
to relieve oneself of (an obligation, burden, etc.).

6.  discharge
to relieve of obligation, responsibility, etc.

7.  discharge
to fulfill, perform, or execute (a duty, function, etc.).

8.  discharge
to relieve or deprive of office, employment, etc.; dismiss from service.

9.  discharge
to release, send away, or allow to go (often fol. by from):
They discharged him from prison.

10.  discharge
to pay (a debt).

11.  discharge
to release (a defendant, esp. one under confinement).

12.  discharge
to release (a bankrupt) from former debts.

13.  discharge
to cancel (a contract).

14.  discharge
to order (a legislative committee) to cease further consideration of a bill so that it can be voted on.

15.  discharge
to rid (a battery, capacitor, etc.) of a charge of electricity.

16.  discharge
to release or remove (dye or color) from a textile, as by chemical bleaching.

17. (v.i.) discharge
to get rid of a burden or load.

18.  discharge
to deliver a charge or load.

19.  discharge
to pour forth.

20.  discharge
to go off or fire, as a firearm or missile.

21.  discharge
to blur or run, as a color or dye.

22.  discharge
to lose or give up a charge of electricity.

23. (n.) discharge
the act of discharging a ship, load, etc.

24.  discharge
the act of firing a weapon, as a gun, by exploding the charge of powder.

25.  discharge
a sending or coming forth, as of water from a pipe; ejection; emission.

26.  discharge
the rate or amount of such issue.

27.  discharge
something sent forth or emitted.

28.  discharge
a relieving, ridding, or getting rid of something of the nature of a charge.

29.  discharge
an acquittal or exoneration.

30.  discharge
an annulment, as of a court order.

31.  discharge
the freeing of one held under legal process.

32.  discharge
a relieving or being relieved of obligation or liability; fulfillment of an obligation.

33.  discharge
the payment of a debt.

34.  discharge
a release or dismissal, as from prison, an office, or employment.

35.  discharge
a certificate of such a release or a certificate of release from obligation or liability.

36.  discharge
the separation of a person from military service.

37.  discharge
a certificate of such separation.

38.  discharge
the removal or transference of an electric charge, as by the conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy.

39.  discharge
the equalization of a difference of potential, as between two terminals.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME deschargen < AF descharger, OF < LL discarricāre=dis-dis -1+carricāre to load; see charge)

Definition of 'Discharge' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) discharge
the sudden giving off of energy

2. (noun) discharge, venting
the act of venting

3. (noun) discharge, emission
a substance that is emitted or released

4. (noun) discharge, emission, expelling
any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
"the discharge of pus"

5. (noun) discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

6. (noun) discharge, outpouring, run
the pouring forth of a fluid

7. (noun) dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

8. (noun) release, waiver, discharge
a formal written statement of relinquishment

9. (verb) discharge, firing, firing off
the act of discharging a gun

10. (verb) dispatch, discharge, complete
complete or carry out
"discharge one's duties"

11. (verb) discharge
pour forth or release
"discharge liquids"

12. (verb) free, discharge
free from obligations or duties

13. (verb) discharge
remove the charge from

14. (verb) fire, discharge, go off
go off or discharge
"The gun fired"

15. (verb) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
"The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"

16. (verb) exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
eliminate (a substance)
"combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

17. (verb) drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge
leave or unload
"unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"

18. (verb) fire, discharge
cause to go off
"fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"

19. (verb) discharge, muster out
release from military service

20. (verb) empty, discharge
become empty or void of its content
"The room emptied"


Definition of 'Discharge' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) discharge
to officially release sb from a hospital, prison, or military job
a decision to discharge the patient from the hospital

2.  discharge
to release a liquid or gas
a tanker discharging fuel into the ocean; his discharge from the military; a sticky discharge from the wound


Definition of 'Discharge' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) Discharge
to relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel

2. (verb) Discharge
to free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar

3. (verb) Discharge
to of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear

4. (verb) Discharge
to relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss

5. (verb) Discharge
to release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner

6. (verb) Discharge
to put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo

7. (verb) Discharge
to let fly, as a missile; to shoot

8. (verb) Discharge
to set aside; to annul; to dismiss

9. (verb) Discharge
to throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part

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

11. (verb) Discharge
to give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath

12. (verb) Discharge
to prohibit; to forbid

13. (verb) Discharge
to throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely

14. (verb) Discharge
the act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo

15. (verb) Discharge
firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery

16. (verb) Discharge
act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor

17. (verb) Discharge
act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty

18. (verb) Discharge
release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer

19. (verb) Discharge
legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner

20. (verb) Discharge
the state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal

21. (verb) Discharge
that which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document

22. (verb) Discharge
a flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe


Translation of 'Discharge' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to allow to leave; to dismiss
The soldier was discharged from the army; She was discharged from hospital.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ontslaan Arabic flag Arabic: يَصْرِف من الخِدْمَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отстранявам, изписвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mandar embora Czech flag Czech: propustit German flag German: entlassen
Danish flag Danish: udskrive; hjemsende Greek flag Greek: απολύω, αφήνω κπ. να φύγε Spanish flag Spanish: dar de alta
Estonian flag Estonian: vabaks laskma, lahti lask Farsi flag Farsi: مرخص کردن؛ اخراج کردن Finnish flag Finnish: vapauttaa
French flag French: libérer, renvoyer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְשָחרֵר Hindi flag Hindi: जाने की आज्ञा देना
Croatian flag Croatian: otpustiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: leszerel (katonát); elboc Indonesian flag Indonesian: membebaskan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sleppaúr haldi; útskrifa Italian flag Italian: congedare, dimettere Japanese flag Japanese: 解放する
Korean flag Korean: 제대, 퇴원 하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: paleisti iš, demobilizuot Latvian flag Latvian: atlaist; atbrīvot (no dar
Malay flag Malay: keluarkan Dutch flag Dutch: vrijlaten, ontslaan Norwegian flag Norwegian: løslate, utskrive, dimitt
Polish flag Polish: zwalniać Persian flag Persian: مرخص کردن؛ اخراج کردن Pashto flag Pashto: برى الذمه كول، تشول،رخصتو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: mandar embora Romanian flag Romanian: a elibera; a da drumul Russian flag Russian: увольнять; выписывать
Slovak flag Slovak: prepustiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: odpustiti Serbian flag Serbian: otpustiti
Swedish flag Swedish: avskeda, hemförlova, skri Thai flag Thai: ปลดประจำการ; ได้รับอนุญาต Turkish flag Turkish: ihraç / taburcu / tahliye
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 釋放,解僱 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: демобілізувати; випускати Urdu flag Urdu: رہا کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự giải ngũ Chinese flag Chinese: 释放,解雇

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