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Discharge

noun
Word Frequency: 18.7

Definitions

1.nounPus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
2.nounThe act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
3.nounThe act of expelling or letting go.
4.nounThe act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
5.nounThe process of unloading something.
6.nounThe process of flowing out.
7.nounThe act of releasing an accumulated charge.
8.nounThe act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
9.nounThe act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
10.nounThe volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second).
11.verbTo accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
12.verbTo free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
13.verbTo send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
14.verbTo set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
15.verbTo expel or let go.
16.verbTo let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
17.verbTo release (an accumulated charge).
18.verbTo relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
19.verbTo release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
"to discharge a prisoner"
20.verbTo operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
21.verbTo release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
22.verbTo unload a ship or another means of transport.
23.verbTo put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
"to discharge a cargo"
24.verbTo give forth; to emit or send out.
"A pipe discharges water."
25.verbTo let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
"He discharged a horrible oath."
26.verbTo bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
"to discharge the colour from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark background"
27.verbTo prohibit; to forbid.

Synonyms

firingfirelet goterminateliberationreleaseexpelmuster outejectexpellingdismissalexonerate

Rhymes With

chargelargebargeenlargetargein chargesuperchargesurcharge
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