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   Dis·charge

   verb

   • 1. tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave a place or situation.
   • ▪ send (a patient) out of the hospital because they are judged fit to go home: "Mark was taken away in an ambulance but later discharged"
   • ▪ dismiss or release (someone) from a job, especially from service in the armed forces or police. Similar dismissremoveejectexpeldeprive of officeget rid ofthrow outoustlet gogive someone noticelay offmake redundantcashierinformal:sackgive someone the sackfireaxesend packinggive someone the bootboot outgive someone their cardsgive someone their marching ordersgive someone the heave-hogive someone the pushgive someone the bulletshow someone the doorturf outOpposite recruitengage
   • ▪ release (someone) from the custody or restraint of the law: "he ordered that 1,671 prisoners of war be discharged from prison" Similar releaseliberatefreeset freelet golet outallow to leaveset/let/turn looseacquitclearabsolvepardonexoneratereprieveexculpatedeliverspareexemptemancipateinformal:let off (the hook)historical:manumitOpposite imprison
   • ▪ relieve (a juror or jury) from serving in a case: "if the jury cannot agree, it should be discharged"
   • 2. allow (a liquid, gas, or other substance) to flow out from where it has been confined: "industrial plants discharge highly toxic materials into rivers" Similar send outpourreleaseejectemitlet outvoidissuedispensegive offexudeexcreteoozeleakgushjetextravasateliterary:disembogueOpposite absorb
   • ▪ (of an orifice or diseased tissue) emit (pus, mucus, or other liquid): "the swelling will eventually break down and discharge pus"
   • ▪ release or neutralize the electric charge of (an electric field, battery, or other object): "the electrostatic field that builds up on a monitor screen can be discharged"
   • ▪ (of a person) fire (a gun or missile): "when you shoot you can discharge as many barrels as you wish" Similar fireshootlet offset offloose offtriggerexplodedetonate
   • ▪ (of a firearm) be fired: "there was a dull thud as the gun discharged"
   • ▪ unload (cargo or passengers) from a ship: "the ferry was discharging passengers" Similar unloadoffloademptyunburdendisburdenremoverelievedeliverdepositput offrare:unladeOpposite load
   • ▪ (of a person) allow (an emotion) to be released: "he discharged his resentment in the harmless form of memoirs"
   • 3. do all that is required to fulfill (a responsibility) or perform (a duty): "the bank had failed to discharge its supervisory duties" Similar carry outperformconductdocompleteaccomplishachievefulfillexecuteimplementdispatchbring offbring abouteffectobserveabide bystand byrare:effectuate
   • ▪ pay off (a debt or other financial claim): "the executor must discharge the funeral expenses" Similar paypay offpay in fullsettle (up)clearhonormeetliquidatesatisfydefraymake goodinformal:square
   • 4. (of a judge or court) cancel (an order of a court): "the court may discharge a care order on the application of the child"
   • ▪ cancel (a contract) because of completion or breach: "an existing mortgage to be discharged on completion"
   • ▪ release (a party) from a contract or obligation: "the insurer is discharged from liability from the day of breach" Similar releaseliberatefreeset freelet golet outallow to leaveset/let/turn looseacquitclearabsolvepardonexoneratereprieveexculpatedeliverspareexemptemancipateinformal:let off (the hook)historical:manumitOpposite imprison
   • ▪ relieve (a bankrupt) of liability.

   noun

   • 1. the action of discharging someone from a hospital or from a job: "he failed a drug test and was given a dishonorable discharge" Similar dismissalreleaseremovalejectionoustingexpulsioncongécashieringinformal:the sackfiringaxingthe axethe bootone's marching ordersthe heave-hothe pushthe bulletOpposite recruitment
   • ▪ an act of releasing someone from the custody or restraint of the law: "four days in jail and one year conditional discharge" Similar releaseliberationacquittalclearanceclearingabsolutionpardonexonerationreprieveamnestyexculpationinformal:let-offletting offhistorical:manumissionOpposite conviction
   • 2. the action of discharging a liquid, gas, or other substance: "those germs might lead to vaginal discharge" Similar leakleakingemissionreleaseexudingoozingexcretionejectionemptyingvoidingvoidanceliterary:disemboguing
   • ▪ a substance that has been discharged: "large volumes of sewage discharge" Similar emissionsecretionexcretionexudateeffusionflowoozeseepagesuppurationpusmatter
   • ▪ the release of electricity from a charged object: "slow discharge of a condenser is fundamental to oscillatory circuits"
   • ▪ a flow of electricity through air or other gas, especially when accompanied by emission of light: "a sizzling discharge between sky and turret"
   • ▪ the action of firing a gun or missile: "a police permit for discharge of an air gun" Similar shotshootingfiringdischargingexplosiondetonationblastcrackbangpopreportburstvolleysalvofusilladebarragegunfire
   • ▪ the action of unloading a ship of its cargo or passengers: "freight for discharge" Similar unloadingoffloadingunburdeningdisburdeningremovalremovingrelievingemptyingdeliveringdepositrare:unladingOpposite loading
   • 3. the action of doing all that is required to fulfill a responsibility or perform a duty: "directors must use skill in the discharge of their duties" Similar carrying outperformanceperformingconductdoingcompletionaccomplishmentachievementfulfillmentexecutionimplementationdispatcheffectuationobservance
   • ▪ the payment of a debt or other financial claim: "money paid in discharge of a claim" Similar paymentrepaymentpaying (off)settlementsettling (up)clearanceclearinghonoringmeetingliquidationdefrayingmaking goodinformal:squaring
   • ▪ the action of relieving a bankrupt from residual liability: "machinery to rehabilitate the bankrupt through the process of discharge"
   • 4. the action of canceling an order of a court: "an application for discharge of a supervision order"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘relieve of an obligation’): from Old French descharger, from late Latin discarricare ‘unload’, from dis- (expressing reversal) + carricare ‘to load’ (see charge).

   Derivatives

   • 1. dischargeable adjective

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   What is discharge?

   • Arrangements have been made for the discharge of mortgage payments. [countable, uncountable] discharge (from something) the action of firing a gun, etc. Definition of discharge noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does discharge mean in a court case?

   • [transitive, often passive] discharge somebody/something to allow a member of a jury to stop serving in a court case If the jury cannot agree, it should be discharged. The judge took the unusual step of discharging the entire jury halfway through the trial.

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   What does uncountable discharge mean?

   • [uncountable, countable] the release of electricity from a charged object; a flow of electricity through air or other gas [uncountable, countable] discharge (from something) the act of officially allowing somebody, or of telling somebody, to leave the police or the army The illness resulted in his discharge from the army.

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   a situation in which a liquid or gas comes out of something: the discharge of carbon dioxide. discharge noun [C, U] (SUBSTANCE) a liquid or gas that comes out of something. (Definition of discharge from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of discharge. in Chinese (Traditional) 允許離開, 允許…離開, （尤指）允許…出院…

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   to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship. to remove or send forth: They discharged the cargo at New York. to fire or shoot (a firearm or missile): to discharge a gun.

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   1. : to relieve of a charge, load, or burden: a. : unload. discharge a cargo ship. b. : to release from an obligation. will be discharged from further payment. c. electrical engineering : to release electrical energy from (something, such as a battery or capacitor) by a discharge (see discharge entry 2 sense 9b)

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   Dictionary definition of discharge. To release, emit, or expel something, such as a liquid, gas, or substance. "The doctor decided to discharge the patient after their condition improved." Detailed meaning of discharge. For example, a pipe can discharge water, or a chimney can discharge smoke.

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   to perform a task, especially an official one: discharge a duty The city must discharge its legal duty to house the homeless. discharge (a) debt formal (also discharge someone's debt) to pay back or cancel a debt completely: She filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and discharged her debts the following year. See more.