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 electricfield
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)
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"
20. (verb)empty, discharge become empty or void of its content "The room emptied"
Definitions of 'discharge'
Webster 1913 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 giveexpression 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 givevent to fluid or other contents; as, the waterpipe 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
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
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 rapiddischarge of water from the pipe
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