Discharge

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To release, as from confinement, care, or duty.
  • intransitive verb. To let go; empty out.
  • intransitive verb. To pour forth; emit.
  • intransitive verb. To shoot.
  • intransitive verb. To remove from office or employment. synonym: dismiss.
  • intransitive verb. To perform the obligations or demands of (an office, duty, or task).
  • intransitive verb. To comply with the terms of (a debt or promise, for example).
  • intransitive verb. To release from debt, as in bankruptcy.
  • intransitive verb. To remove (color) from cloth, as by chemical bleaching.
  • intransitive verb. To cause the release of stored energy or electric charge from (a battery, for example).
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To apportion (weight) evenly, as over a door.
  • intransitive verb. To relieve (a part) of excess weight by distribution of pressure.
  • intransitive verb. To clear the record of the loan of (a returned library book).
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To relieve (a ship, for example) of a burden or of contents; unload.
  • intransitive verb. To unload or empty (contents).
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To go off; fire.
  • intransitive verb. To pour forth, emit, or release contents.
  • intransitive verb. To become blurred, as a color or dye; run.
  • intransitive verb. To undergo the release of stored energy or electric charge.
  • intransitive verb. To get rid of a burden, load, or weight.
  • noun. The act of shooting or firing a projectile or weapon.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A flowing out or pouring forth; emission; secretion.
  • noun. The amount or rate of emission or ejection.
  • noun. Something that is discharged, released, emitted, or excreted.
  • noun. The act or an instance of removing an obligation, burden, or responsibility.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Fulfillment of the terms of something, such as a debt or promise.
  • noun. Performance, as of an office or duty.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Dismissal or release from employment, service, care, or confinement.
  • noun. An official document certifying such release, especially from military service.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Release of stored energy in a capacitor by the flow of current between its terminals.
  • noun. Conversion of chemical energy to electric energy in a storage battery.
  • noun. A flow of electricity in a dielectric, especially in a rarefied gas.
  • noun. Elimination of net electric charge from a charged body.
  • noun. The act of removing a load or burden.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To unload; disburden; free from a charge or load: as, to discharge a ship by removing the cargo, a bow by releasing the arrow, a gun by firing it off, a Leyden jar by connecting its inner and outer coatings, etc.
  • To remove, emit, or transfer; clear out or off; send off or away.
  • To give vent to; cause or allow to pass off; send or throw out; emit: as, a pipe discharges water; an ulcer discharges pus; this medicine will discharge bad humors from the blood; he discharged his fury upon the nearest object.
  • To send forth by propulsion; let drive: as, to discharge a shot from a gun, or a blow upon a person's head.
  • To clear off by payment, settlement, or performance; settle up; consummate: as, to discharge a debt or an obligation.
  • To pay or settle for; satisfy a demand or an obligation for.
  • To set free; dismiss; absolve; release from accusation, restraint, obligation, duty, or service: as, to discharge a prisoner, a debtor, a jury, a servant, etc.; to discharge one's conscience of duty; to discharge the mind of business.
  • To carry on, as an obligatory course of action; perform the functions of, as an employment or office; execute; fulfil: as, to discharge the duties of a sheriff or of a priest; to discharge a trust.
  • Word Usage
    "Records Center to black out specific blocks of text regarding the nature/reason for Mr. KENT†™ s discharge from the US Navy, and any speculation on my part as to the nature of that discharge is inappropriate without additional information."
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    abort  blast  bleed  blow  breathe  
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    Marge  barge  charge  enlarge  large  
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