- dis·chargedischarge (verb) · discharges (third person present) · discharged (past tense) · discharged (past participle) · discharging (present participle)
- 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.
- release (someone) from the custody or restraint of the law:"he ordered that 1,671 prisoners of war be discharged from prison"
- relieve (a juror or jury) from serving in a case:"if the jury cannot agree, it should be discharged"
- allow (a liquid, gas, or other substance) to flow out from where it has been confined:"industrial plants discharge highly toxic materials into rivers" · "the overflow should discharge in an obvious place"
- (of an orifice or diseased tissue) emit (pus, mucus, or other liquid):"the swelling will eventually break down and discharge pus" · "the eyes and nose began to discharge"
- physicsrelease 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" · "batteries have a tendency to discharge slowly"
- (of a person) fire (a gun or missile):"when you shoot you can discharge as many barrels as you wish"
- (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" · "ninety ships were waiting to discharge"
- (of a person) allow (an emotion) to be released:"he discharged his resentment in the harmless form of memoirs"
- do all that is required to fulfill (a responsibility) or perform (a duty):"the bank had failed to discharge its supervisory duties"
- pay off (a debt or other financial claim):"the executor must discharge the funeral expenses"
- law(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"
- lawrelieve (a bankrupt) of liability.
discharge (noun) · discharges (plural noun)- the action of discharging someone from a hospital or from a job:"he failed a drug test and was given a dishonorable discharge" · "his discharge from the hospital"
- an act of releasing someone from the custody or restraint of the law:"four days in jail and one year conditional discharge"
- the action of discharging a liquid, gas, or other substance:"those germs might lead to vaginal discharge"
- a substance that has been discharged:"large volumes of sewage discharge" · "environmental damage from toxic chemical discharges"
- physicsthe 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" · "sounds like discharges of artillery"
- the action of unloading a ship of its cargo or passengers:"freight for discharge"
- 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"
- the payment of a debt or other financial claim:"money paid in discharge of a claim"
- lawthe action of relieving a bankrupt from residual liability:"machinery to rehabilitate the bankrupt through the process of discharge"
- lawthe action of canceling an order of a court:"an application for discharge of a supervision order"
OriginMiddle 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).Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- allow (a liquid, gas, or other substance) to flow out from where it has been confined:
- do all that is required to fulfill (a responsibility) or perform (a duty):
noun- the action of discharging someone from a hospital or from a job:
- an act of releasing someone from the custody or restraint of the law:
- the action of discharging a liquid, gas, or other substance:
- a substance that has been discharged:
- the action of firing a gun or missile:
- the action of unloading a ship of its cargo or passengers:
- the action of doing all that is required to fulfill a responsibility or perform a duty:
- the payment of a debt or other financial claim:
- the action of relieving a bankrupt from residual liability:
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