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
  • noun. The act of unloading or disburdening; relief from a burden or charge: as, the discharge of a ship.
  • noun. Specifically The act of firing a missile weapon, as a bow by drawing and releasing the string, or a gun by exploding the charge of powder.
  • noun. The act of removing or taking away; removal, as of a burden or load, by physical means, or by settlement, payment, fulfilment, etc.: as, the discharge of a cargo, of a debt, or of an obligation.
  • noun. A flowing out; emission; vent: as, the discharge of water from a river or from an orifice, of blood from a wound, of lightning from a cloud.
  • noun. The act of freeing; dismissal; release or dismissal from accusation, restraint, obligation, duty, or service; also, a certificate of such release or dismissal: as, the discharge of a prisoner, of a debtor, or of a servant.
  • noun. The rate of flowing out: as, the discharge is 100 gallons a minute.
  • noun. That which is thrown out; matter emitted: as, a thin serous discharge; a purulent discharge.
  • noun. Performance; execution: as, a good man is faithful in the discharge of his duties.
  • 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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