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Definitions for Discharge

[1] to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
[2] to remove or send forth: They discharged the cargo at New York.
[3] to fire or shoot (a firearm or missile): to discharge a gun.
[4] to pour forth; emit: to discharge oil; to discharge a stream of invective.
[5] to relieve oneself of (an obligation, burden, etc.).
[6] to relieve of obligation, responsibility, etc.
[7] to fulfill, perform, or execute (a duty, function, etc.).
[8] to relieve or deprive of office, employment, etc.; dismiss from service.
[9] to release, send away, or allow to go (often followed by from ): The children were discharged early from school. They discharged him from prison.
[10] to pay (a debt).
[11] Law . to release (a defendant, especially one under confinement). to release (a bankrupt) from former debts. to cancel (a contract). to release (bail).
[12] (in a legislative body) to order (a committee) to cease further consideration of a bill so that it can be voted on.
[13] Electricity . to rid (a battery, capacitor, etc.) of a charge of electricity.
[14] Dyeing . to free from a dye, as by chemical bleaching.
[15] to get rid of a burden or load.
[16] to deliver a charge or load.
[17] to pour forth.
[18] to go off or fire, as a firearm or missile.
[19] to blur or run, as a color or dye.
[20] Electricity . to lose or give up a charge of electricity.
[21] the act of discharging a ship, load, etc.
[22] the act of firing a weapon, as an arrow by drawing and releasing the string of the bow, or a gun by exploding the charge of powder.
[23] a sending or coming forth, as of water from a pipe; ejection; emission.
[24] the rate or amount of such issue.
[25] something sent forth or emitted.
[26] a relieving, ridding, or getting rid of something of the nature of a charge.
[27] Law . an acquittal or exoneration. an annulment, as of a court order. the freeing of one held under legal process.
[28] a relieving or being relieved of obligation or liability; fulfillment of an obligation.
[29] the payment of a debt.
[30] a release or dismissal, as from prison, an office, or employment.
[31] a certificate of such a release or a certificate of release from obligation or liability.
[32] the act or process of ordering a legislative committee to cease further consideration of a bill so that it can be voted on.
[33] Military . the separation of a person from military service. a certificate of such separation.
[34] Electricity . the removal or transference of an electric charge, as by the conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy. the equalization of a difference of potential, as between two terminals.
[35] (tr) to release or allow to go the hospital discharged the patient
[36] (tr) to dismiss from or relieve of duty, office, employment, etc
[37] to fire or be fired, as a gun
[38] to pour forth or cause to pour forth the boil discharges pus
[39] (tr) to remove (the cargo) from (a boat, etc); unload
[40] (tr) to perform (the duties of) or meet (the demands of an office, obligation, etc) he discharged his responsibilities as mayor
[41] (tr) to relieve oneself of (a responsibility, debt, etc)
[42] (intr) physics to lose or remove electric charge to form an arc, spark, or corona in a gas to take or supply electrical current from a cell or battery
[43] (tr) law to release (a prisoner from custody, etc)
[44] (tr) to remove dye from (a fabric), as by bleaching
[45] (intr) (of a dye or colour) to blur or run
[46] (tr) architect to spread (weight) evenly over a supporting member to relieve a member of (excess weight) by distribution of pressure
[47] a person or thing that is discharged
[48] dismissal or release from an office, job, institution, etc the document certifying such release
[49] the fulfilment of an obligation or release from a responsibility or liability honourable discharge
[50] the act of removing a load, as of cargo
[51] a pouring forth of a fluid; emission
[52] the act of firing a projectile the volley, bullet, missile, etc, fired
[53] law a release, as of a person held under legal restraint an annulment, as of a court order
[54] physics the act or process of removing or losing charge or of equalizing a potential difference a transient or continuous conduction of electricity through a gas by the formation and movement of electrons and ions in an applied electric field
[55] the volume of fluid flowing along a pipe or a channel in unit time the output rate of a plant or piece of machinery, such as a pump

Words related to Discharge

parole, pardon, clearance, firing, flow, emission, seepage, disbursement, oust, acquit, expel, dismiss, release, exonerate, unload, terminate, displace, remove, replace, exempt

Words nearby Discharge

discern, discernible, discerning, discernment, discerptible, discharge, discharge lamp, discharge printing, discharge tube, dischargee, discharging arch

Origin of Discharge

1300–50; Middle English deschargen < Anglo-French descharger, Old French < Late Latin discarricāre, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + carricāre to load; see charge

Other words from Discharge

dis·charge·a·ble , adjective
dis·charg·er , noun
non·dis·charg·ing , adjective, noun
pre·dis·charge , noun
pre·dis·charge , verb (used with object), pre·dis·charged, pre·dis·charg·ing.
re·dis·charge , verb, re·dis·charged, re·dis·charg·ing.
un·dis·charge·a·ble , adjective
un·dis·charged , adjective

Synonyms for Discharge

clearance, pardon, parole, acquittal, exoneration, liberation, probation, release, remittance, disimprisonment