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discharge

/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/ UK
/dɪsˈtʃɑɹdʒ/ US
/ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ/ UK
/ˈdɪstʃɑɹdʒ/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ, -ɪstʃɑː(ɹ)dʒ

Where it comes from

From Middle English dischargen, from Old French deschargier (“to unload”), from Late Latin discarricāre (“unload”). By surface analysis, dis- + charge.

verb discharges · discharging · discharged

To accomplish or complete, as an obligation. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the Presid
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear. But in deede, the ſecret cauſe that brought Ageſilaus to conſent vnto this practiſe, was the greatnes of his dette which he ought, of the which he hoped to be diſcharged by chaunging of the ſtate and common wealth.
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to. If he had / The present money to discharge the Jew.
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss. The order for Daly's attendance was discharged.
To expel or let go. Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions.
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot. They do discharge their shot of courtesy.
To release (an accumulated charge). GWR plans to use it on the Greenford branch in west London, making use of a fast charger at West Ealing that will charge the batteries in just three and a half minutes. This fast charger is essentially a battery installed at the lineside which is trickle-charged from the electricity grid. It can the
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss. Discharge the common sort / With pay and thanks.
To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty. to discharge a prisoner
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling). discharge his pieces
To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
To unload a ship or another means of transport.
To 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
To give forth; to emit or send out. A pipe discharges water.
To let fly; to give expression to; to utter. He discharged a horrible oath.
transitive To 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
Scotland, obsolete To prohibit; to forbid. That Richard Stevenson, Robert Calcott, and Richard Tyldesley, be discharged from farther restraint, giving good security to appear at this Board whensoever summoned, and not depart this city until full satisfaction be given

noun discharges

countable, uncountable The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital. care transition after discharge
countable, uncountable The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service. career transition after discharge
countable, uncountable The material thus released. Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)
countable, uncountable The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm. negligent discharge
countable, uncountable The process of removing the load borne by something.
countable, uncountable The process of flowing out.
uncountable Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes. Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)
countable, uncountable The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
countable, uncountable The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
countable, uncountable The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance. Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come / In yours and my discharge.
countable, uncountable Release from liability, as granted to someone having served in a position of trust, such as to the officers and governors of a corporate body. After having granted discharge from liability, the general meeting of shareholders may not demand for the company compensation for matters which it had knowledge of when granting discharge.

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