Discharge
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Verb
Discharge (third-person singular simple present Discharges, present participle discharging, simple past and past participle discharged)
- To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
- To expel or let go.
- (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
- (employment) A separation of an employee from an establishment that is initiated by the employer; an involuntary separation.
- (medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
- (military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
- To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs , The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- I ran forward, discharging my pistol into the creature's body in an effort to force it to relinquish its prey; but I might as profitably have shot at the sun.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs , The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- 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.
Noun
Discharge (countable and uncountable; plural Discharges)- (medicine) (uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology
- the act of accomplishing (an obligation)
- the act of expelling or letting go
- (electricity) the act of releasing an accumulated charge
- (medicine) the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital
- (military) the act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service
- (hydrology) the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second)
Adjectives for Discharge
watchful; judicious; instant; thunderous inious; offensive; electrical; profuse; casional; copious; successful; assiduous;conscientious; ignom-immediate; luminous; vigilant; faithful.
Verbs for Discharge
absorb—; arrest—; check—; emit—; mop out—; purify—; stop—; suck out—; —burns; —drips; —gushes; —inflames; —irritates; —itches; —renews; —varies; —wanes.
Adverbs for Discharge
instantaneously; intelligently; conscientiously; ingeniously; adequately; capably; briskly; faithfully; fully; punctually; judiciously; watchfully; assiduously; ignominiously; offensively; vigilantly.
Synonyms for Discharge
dismiss, fire, project, shoot, retire, perform, expel, emit, release, acquit, clear, free, settle, pay.
Antonyms for Discharge
Thesaurus
AC arc, Poulsen arc, abide by, abrogate, absolution, absolve, accomplish, accomplished fact, accomplishment, accordance, achieve, achievement, acknowledgment, acquit, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, adhere to, adherence, administer, administration, amnesty, amortization, amortize, amortizement, aperiodic discharge, arc, arc column, arc discharge, attain, attainment, ax, backfire, bang, bark, belch, binder, blast, bleed, blow open, blow out, blow up, blowout, blowup, boom, boot, boot out, booting out, bounce, bowshot, break, break bulk, break out, break up, brush discharge, bullet, bump, burst, burst forth, burst out, bust, can, canceled check, cannon, care, carry into execution, carry out, carry through, carrying out, cash, cash payment, cashier, cashiering, cast, cast forth, cast loose, cast out, catharsis, charge, charter, chuck out, chyle, cleanse, cleansing, clear, clear off, clearance, clearing, cock, colostrum, commission, compass, complete, completion, compliance, compurgation, conduct, conformance, conformity, conge, consummate, consummation, cope with, crack, deactivate, deal with, debouch, debrief, debt service, decant, decontaminate, defenestrate, defenestration, defluxion, defrayal, defrayment, defrock, degrade, dejecta, dejection, dejecture, deliver, deliverance, demob, demobilization, demobilize, demote, deplume, deposal, depose, deposit, deprive, destigmatization, destigmatize, destigmatizing, detach, detonate, detonation, detrude, detrusion, diplomatic immunity, disband, disbar, disburden, disburdening, disbursal, discard, disculpation, disembogue, disemploy, disemployment, disgorge, disgorgement, disintegrate, dismiss, dismissal, disorganize, dispatch, dispense, dispense from, dispense with, disperse, displace, displacing, displume, dispose of, disruptive discharge, dissolve, do, do the job, do the trick, doling out, down payment, drain, drainage, drop, drum out, drumming out, dump, earnest, earnest money, effect, effectuate, effectuation, effluence, effluent, efflux, effluxion, effuse, effusion, egest, egesta, egestion, ejaculate, ejaculation, eject, ejecta, ejectamenta, ejection, ejectment, electric discharge, electric shock, electric spark, electrodeless discharge, eliminate, elimination, emanation, emancipate, emergence, emersion, emission, emit, emotional release, empty, emptying, enact, enactment, enforce, enforcement, eruct, eructation, erupt, eruption, except, exception, exclude, excrement, excreta, excrete, excretes, excreting, excretion, exculpate, exculpation, excuse, execute, execution, exempt, exempt from, exemption, exfiltrate, exhalation, exhaust, exonerate, exoneration, expel, explode, explosion, expulsion, extravasate, extravasation, extrude, extrusion, exudate, exudation, exude, fait accompli, fell, fetch, fill out, filter, filtrate, fire, fire off, firing, flare, flash, flow, flowoff, flux, forced separation, forgive, forgiveness, franchise, free, free from, freeing, fruition, fulfill, fulfillment, fulguration, fulminate, fulmination, furlough, furloughing, fusillade, galvanic shock, give absolution, give dispensation from, give notice, give off, give release, give respite, give the ax, give the gate, give the hook, gleet, glow discharge, go bail for, go off, go separate ways, grant amnesty to, grant bail to, grant immunity, grant remission, gun, gun for, gunfire, gunshot, gush, handle, handling, heave out, heed, heeding, hire purchase, hire purchase plan, hit, honor, humor, hurl forth, ichor, immunity, implement, implementation, inactivate, installment, installment plan, interest payment, intermission, intermit, issuance, issue, jet, jettison, junk, justify, keeping, kick, kick downstairs, kick out, kick upstairs, kicking downstairs, knock off, lachryma, lactation, lay off, layoff, leach, leak, legislative immunity, let fly, let go, let go free, let loose, let off, let out, leukorrhea, liberate, liberty, license, lift, liquidate, liquidation, lixiviate, load, loose, loosen, lymph, make, make accounts square, make out, make redundant, manage, management, manumit, matter, meet, milk, mission accomplished, monthly payments, mucor, mucus, muster out, never-never, nonpros, notice, observance, observation, observe, obtrude, obtrusion, off-load, offload, offloading, ooze, oozing, oscillatory discharge, oust, ouster, ousting, outburst, outfall, outflow, outflowing, outpour, outpouring, pardon, parole, part, part company, pass, patent, pay, pay in full, pay off, pay the bill, pay the shot, pay up, paying, paying off, paying out, paying up, payment, payment in kind, payoff, peccant humor, pelt, pension off, pepper, percolate, perform, performance, permission, perpetration, phlegm, pick off, pink slip, pistol, plug, polish off, pop, pot, potshoot, potshot, pour, pour forth, pour out, practice, prepayment, prime, privilege, produce, production, promulgate, prosecute, prosecution, purgation, purge, purge away, purging, purulence, pus, put away, put in force, put on parole, put out, put through, quarterly payments, quash, quash the charge, quietus, quit, quittance, read out of, realization, realize, receipt, receipt in full, redeem, reek, regular payments, reject, rejection, release, relieve, remise, remission, remit, remittance, removal, remove, render, replace, report, reprieve, respect, respite, retire, retirement, rheum, riddle, runoff, sack, saliva, salvo, sanies, satisfaction, satisfy, save the necessity, scatter, secrete, secretion, seep, seepage, send away, send forth, send out, separate, separate forcibly, serous fluid, serum, set free, set off, settle, settlement, shock, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, shooting, shot, shrive, silent discharge, sinking-fund payment, snipe, snot, spare, spark, spark gap, spew, split up, spot cash, spout, spray, spurt, square, square accounts, square up, squirt, stoneshot, strain, strike, strike a balance, strip, succeed, success, superannuate, supersede, supplant, suppuration, surcease, surfacing, surplus, surplusing, suspend, suspension, sweat, take a potshot, take care of, take up, tattoo, tear, teardrop, terminate, the ax, the boot, the bounce, the gate, the sack, the whites, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, throwing out, thrust out, ticket, torpedo, toss out, touch off, transact, transaction, transpire, transudate, transudation, transude, turn off, turn out, turn the trick, unbind, unbinding, unbolting, unbridling, unbuckling, unburden, uncaging, unchain, unchaining, unfettering, unfrock, ungagging, unhand, unhanding, unharnessing, unhobbling, unlade, unlashing, unlatching, unleashing, unload, unloading, unlocking, unloosing, unmanacling, unmuzzling, unpack, unpenning, unshackle, unshackling, unship, unstrapping, untethering, untrussing, untying, unyoking, urine, vacate, vent, verdict of acquittal, vindicate, vindication, void, voiding, volley, vomit, voucher, walking papers, waste, waste matter, weekly payments, weep, whitewash, withdraw the charge, work, work out
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman descharger < Old French deschargier < Late Latin discarricō.
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